June 24, 2016

Ted Turner is a media mogul and founder of the Cable News Network (CNN), the first 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television. Turner attended Brown University and served in the Coast Guard before joining his father at Turner Advertising. He was forced to take control in 1963 when his father committed suicide, building an empire that came to be Turner Broadcasting. He founded the first 24-hour cable news network, CNN, which debuted on June 1, 1980. Time Warner purchased Turner Broadcasting for $7.5 billion in 1996. Ted Turner was married to actress Jane Fonda from 1991-2001.