Overview
- Ted Turner has died at 87, prompting new assessments of his imprint on news and cable television.
- He launched CNN in 1980 as the first 24-hour news network, creating the model for nonstop coverage.
- CNN’s live reporting during the 1991 Gulf War cemented the channel as a global standard for breaking news.
- He turned a low-rated Atlanta UHF station into the TBS superstation by sending its signal nationwide via satellite.
- He bought MGM/United Artists and kept its film and TV library, which powered TNT, Turner Classic Movies, and Cartoon Network.