Ted Turner, Creator of CNN, Has Died at 87
WSJ Minute Briefing
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 6 May 2026
⏱️ 2 minutes
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| 0:17.9 | Here's your midday brief for Wednesday, May 6th. I'm Alex Oscella for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:24.2 | Ted Turner, who revolutionized television by founding CNN and ushering in the 24-hour news cycle, |
| 0:30.4 | died today at age 87. A spokesman confirmed the death of the billionaire philanthropist and |
| 0:35.4 | conservationist, who was one of the largest U.S. landowners. |
| 0:39.1 | Turner is remembered for building a cable empire and pledging $1 billion to the United Nations. |
| 0:45.2 | Disney's new CEO, Josh Tomorrow, laid out his long-term vision for the company, |
| 0:49.9 | and it's centered on using technology to reach customers and increase profits. |
| 0:55.1 | In the fiscal second quarter, Disney's revenue rose to over $25 billion, up 7% from a year earlier. In the streaming |
| 1:01.4 | division, profits from Hulu and Disney Plus jumped by 88% last quarter. Disney stock was up |
| 1:07.3 | around 7% in midday trading. And China's Deepseek is looking to raise a few billion |
| 1:13.2 | dollars from investors backed by the Chinese government. The WSJ has learned that some |
| 1:17.9 | prospective investors have valued Deepseek at around $50 billion in recent talks. The company |
| 1:23.3 | plans to use the new capital to advance its research and expand computing infrastructure. |
| 1:28.3 | Beijing has treated DeepSeek as a national AI champion. The startup rattled Silicon Valley |
| 1:33.1 | and Wall Street early last year with a powerful new model. |
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| 1:40.7 | that were based on WSJ reporting and then reviewed and adapted by an editor. |
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