Ted Turner
Ted Turner
Robert Edward "Ted" Turner IIIis an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the Cable News Network, the first 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth19 November 1938
CityCincinnati, OH
CountryUnited States of America
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Every day we are confronted with more news and information than we can handle, ... CNN Custom News will ensure that Internet users are not overwhelmed by this information.
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I thought, between sports and news and television and friendship, that you could end the Cold War and, by God, we did.
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I'm 68 and a half years old; I grew up with newspapers; I love newspapers; I love the news business. I started CNN; I'm a journalist and proud of it.
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I don't watch entertainment. I haven't watched in years. I want to see serious news.
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I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.
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If you had the most prestige and you were the network that everybody turned to in times of a crisis, that that was the most important position, in the news business, to hold.
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In 20 short years, by all the surveys, we became the world's most respected news source. The New York Times had been there for 100 years. We did it in 20,
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We are unaware of any fraudulent use of Ted Turner's credit cards or bank statements.
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And you can coast on that reputation for a long time but if you're going to hold that position, which I think would be the most profitable position, too, you have to earn it.
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If only I had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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I don't know what the deal is ... I told my caddie, 'Tomorrow, you line me up,'
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She's one of our core artists and when we got her new CD, deciding to play it was sort of a no-brainer. She's completely traditional and considering how long it's been since her last CD, the true country fans are going to flock to it.
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She's not yet an icon. But she's approaching icon status.
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Mr. Parsons, AOLTW CEO, views Ted as a key member of the management team.