Author Lisa Napoli on CNN's birth, the creation of the 24-hour news cycle, and the rise of 'news junkies'

Reliable Sources

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🗓️ 9 May 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In the new book "Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN and the Birth of 24-Hour News," reporter Lisa Napoli recounts how Ted Turner's vision sparked a media revolution. Napoli speaks with Brian Stelter ahead of CNN's 40th birthday on June 1. She recalls her own internship at the fledging channel in 1981; the forgotten figures who made the channel into what it is today; and the international reach of CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	CNN, the OG cable news network, is about to mark its 40th birthday.
0:07.0	So how did the channel make it to 40?
0:10.0	What can we learn from its launch?
0:12.0	Those are the questions for this week's. What can we learn from its launch?
0:13.0	Those are the questions for this week's Reliable Sources Podcast.
0:16.0	So let's cue the music.
0:18.0	I'm Brian Stelter, and as you know this is our weekly Reliable Sources
0:22.0	podcast. Of course, a CNN production. our weekly
0:23.4	reliable sources podcast of course a CNN production.
0:24.7	It's our weekly chance to go in depth
0:27.4	with media leaders and newsmakers talking about how the news is made
0:31.6	and that's what this episode is all about. CNN junkies I think you're
0:36.0	going to be really interested in this. There's a brand new book titled
0:40.1	Up All Night, Ted Turner, CNN, and the birth of 24-hour news. It's authored by my friend
0:47.5	and mentor Lisa Napoli. So let's get started. Lisa we've known each other
0:50.5	more than 20 years so this is a thrill to talk to you about this.
0:53.4	Thank you for joining me.
0:54.6	Thank you for having me.
0:55.6	I first met you virtually back in the late 90s when you were the internet correspondent for
1:00.9	MS NBC and I was a news junkie and a nerd surfing the web
1:05.2	trying to get in touch with famous people. Now here I am on CNN and you've
1:09.6	written this book about CNN so tell me why CNN? Why did you choose to make this the topic of
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