Remembering the life and legacy of visionary CNN founder Ted Turner
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🗓️ 6 May 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The founder of CNN, Ted Turner, died today. |
| 0:03.8 | A risk-taking entrepreneur known for his outspoken style, |
| 0:07.4 | Turner created the first 24-hour news network |
| 0:10.4 | and revolutionized how billions across the world consume the news. |
| 0:14.9 | Judy Woodruff has this remembrance. |
| 0:17.3 | You'll never get in trouble if you don't do anything. |
| 0:19.7 | But on the other hand, you'll never get anywhere either. |
| 0:24.1 | He was brash, bold, a business genius and a television pioneer. |
| 0:29.4 | Robert Edward Turner III was born in Cincinnati in 1938 and moved with his family to |
| 0:35.7 | Savannah, Georgia after World War II. |
| 0:38.9 | He took over the family's advertising firm after his father's suicide in 1963 and built |
| 0:45.6 | it into a powerhouse. |
| 0:47.6 | By the late 60s, he was buying up radio and TV stations. |
| 0:52.2 | Stay with the super station as Newswatch continues. |
| 0:55.0 | They included a struggling Atlanta outlet that he transformed into the first so-called |
| 1:01.0 | satellite superstation, WTBS, showing movies and sitcoms. |
| 1:06.0 | Wait it over! |
| 1:08.0 | Where do, Bobby? |
| 1:10.0 | To that mix, he added sports, buying the Atlanta Braves baseball team and securing |
| 1:16.0 | the rights to broadcast live games nationwide. |
| 1:20.1 | But Ted Turner's real revolutionary moment came in 1980. |
| 1:24.1 | Stand by, ready three, take three, mic. |
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