Ted Turner, media mogul who revolutionised TV news by launching CNN, dies at 87

The media mogul pioneered the modern 24-hour news culture when he launched the Cable News Network in 1980.

Moguls Remember Ted Turner: ‘Changed the Media Industry Forever’

The CNN founder’s death was met with encomiums from leaders in the media industry, which he helped reinvent. “He will be remembered for generations,” said one.

By Benjamin Mullin

Ted Turner, founder of CNN, is dead

The four-time 'Yachtsman of the Year' relished a challenge. When he launched Cable News Network in Atlanta in 1980, few believed the all-news channel would succeed. Also a philanthropist and founder of the United Nations Foundation, Turner died at the age of 87.

CNN Anchor Christiane Amanpour remembers Ted Turner

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with CNN's Christiane Amanpour about broadcaster Ted Turner's legacy.

By Courtney Dorning

Ted Turner transformed television as we know it. Here are five of his biggest accomplishments.

Turner created the 24-hour news channel, championed Hollywood’s history and was a founding father of cable television. He died Wednesday at age 87.

By Lukas I. Alpert

Ted Turner's vision of news as global and continuous changed both the industry and society itself

Ted Turner’s death comes at a fraught time for cable news, which has struggled to retain viewership in an era of countless media choices and abundant streaming video

By Jocelyn Noveck and Wyatte Grantham-Philips

Ted Turner has died at 87. Photos show the CNN founder's career rise and life

CNN founder Ted Turner died on Wednesday. Ben Rose/Getty Images for UNICEF Ted Turner, the outspoken founder of CNN and a pioneer of 24/7 news, has died at 87. He built a sprawling media empire, owned major sports teams, and helped reshape modern television. Turner later became a major philanthropist, donating billions to environmental and global causes. Ted Turner, the brash founder of CNN who reshaped modern media and earned the nickname "Mouth of the South," died Wednesday. He was 87. Ov...

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Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch: A Media Feud for the Ages

When the news broke Wednesday that Ted Turner, the renowned media and sports mogul, had died at the age of 87, leading voices in the media and entertainment world showered praise upon his legacy. “He believed deeply in the power of ideas, in doing things differently and in building platforms that could inform, inspire and […]

By Marlow Stern

Ted Turner’s chilling ‘end of world’ CNN video resurfaces after his death

Ted Turner's doomsday video, created before CNN's launch in 1980, has resurfaced online after his death.

Jane Fonda Remembers Ted Turner as Someone Who “Needed and Cared” for Her: “He Gave Me Confidence”

The two-time Oscar winner was married to the CNN founder, who died Wednesday, for a decade, from 1991 to 2001.

By Lexi Carson

CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies At 87. How His Vision Of News Changed Industry

The media mogul Ted Turner's death on Wednesday leaves a legacy of conservation work that spanned decades.

CNN founder Ted Turner, a brash and outspoken television pioneer, has died at age 87

NEW YORK (AP) -- Ted Turner could never be defined by just one role. He was a media mogul, philanthropist and conservationist. A yachtsman who won boating's most famous race and owner of a baseball team that captured the World Series trophy. The brash television pioneer who died Wednesday made his greatest mark on the news business when he launched CNN nearly a half-century ago and with it, the 24-hour cable news cycle -- a revolutionary moment that transformed the industry. His media empire gre

By The Korea Herald

Jane Fonda Remembers Ted Turner: ‘I Loved Him With All My Heart’

"He swept into my life, a gloriously handsome, deeply romantic, swashbuckling pirate and I’ve never been the same," Fonda wrote in a moving message on Instagram

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Jane Fonda Speaks Out After Ex-Husband Ted Turner's Death

Jane Fonda is paying her respects to Ted Turner. The Youth actress—who was married to the CNN founder for 10 years until their 2001 divorce—broke her silence after he died on May 6 at 87. "I loved...