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MMF 2011: Fireside - Phil Kent/Turner Broadcasting & Jeff Schlesinger/Warner Bros.
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- Duration: 31:56
- Published: 11 Nov 2011
- Updated: 17 Nov 2011
Phil Kent/Chairman & CEO, Turner Broadcasting System & Jeff Schlesinger/President, Warner Bros. International Television talk with Matthew Garrahan/Los Angeles Correspondent, Financial Times TV executives discuss the future.
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Polycom Telepresence, HD Video Conferencing and Turner Broadcasting
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- Duration: 5:15
- Published: 19 Jun 2009
- Updated: 09 Jan 2011
Headquartered in Atlanta, Turner Broadcasting has deployed Polycom RealPresence™ Experience (RPX™) immersive telepresence solutions initially in its Atlanta and New York locations, and Burbank, Calif. is on the horizon. The company has also initially deployed more than 100 Polycom HDX room and personal visual communication solutions across its global locations, along with Polycom visual communication infrastructure solutions for multi-party conferencing and video network provisioning and management. TBS, Inc. is also piloting Polycom's highly-scalable, PC desktop video application, CMA Desktop™, to broaden access to visual communication and support corporate teleworking initiatives. "The collaboration challenges TBS, Inc. faces as a globally dispersed organization are shared by companies of all sizes and across industries," said Robert Hagerty, chairman and CEO, Polycom. "TBS, Inc. is very progressive in integrating and embracing Polycom visual communication across its business. As a result, the company is already realizing substantial gains in collaboration and productivity, while at the same time reducing costs. TBS is a model for how forward-looking companies can use visual communication to help solve some of the real-world challenges of operating globally." Polycom offers the broadest portfolio of telepresence solutions that allow people to work together more effectively and productively across distances. Polycom telepresence solutions can support virtually any <b>...</b>
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Regular Show - Benson's BEST Flipout EVAR!!!!!
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- Duration: 0:23
- Published: 20 Apr 2011
- Updated: 12 Jun 2012
Regular Show is owned by Turner Broadcasting Inc. I just finished watching this episode and I was ROFLMFAO! This is a snip-it from the Regular Show episode "Jinx".
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My letter to Turner Broadcasting..
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- Duration: 6:13
- Published: 10 Sep 2009
- Updated: 24 May 2012
I wrote a letter to the head of turner broadcasting and read it aloud in a hot car..
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Minigolf Featured on Turner Broadcasting's "Liars & Legends"
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- Duration: 7:27
- Published: 14 Aug 2006
- Updated: 23 May 2012
The 2003 United States Pro Mini-Golf Masters Tournament in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina is featured on Turner Broadcasting's "Lairs & Legends".
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Marcello Mastrianni "Divorce, Italian Style"
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- Duration: 4:35
- Published: 16 Feb 2010
- Updated: 01 Jun 2012
film clip from Turner Broadcasting Company's TV show, 'Turner Classic Movies' (TCM).. Movie: ( Divorce, Italian Style)..starring Marcello Mastroianni..
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Dramatic Surprise - TNT
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- Duration: 1:46
- Published: 12 Apr 2012
- Updated: 25 May 2012
April 10, 2012 - TNT Turner Benelux (HD) Telenet A DRAMATIC SURPRISE ON A QUIET SQUARE Location: Belgium Run Time: 0:01:46s Called: "Push to add drama" License: TNT. We know drama Turner Broadcasting System Limited Europe Like on Facebook: [www.facebook.com
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TOBUSCUS Test animation 2
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- Duration: 0:22
- Published: 28 Feb 2012
- Updated: 08 Jun 2012
Now with a Face and background. But there is a FRICK LOAD TO COME... Maybe... lythience.deviantart.com
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CNN Founder Ted Turner Supports Population Reduction To 2 Billion
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- Duration: 3:17
- Published: 31 May 2012
- Updated: 13 Jun 2012
wearechange.org We Are Change is a nonpartisan, independent media organization comprised of individuals and groups working to expose corruption worldwide. We are made up of independent journalists, concerned citizens, activists, and anyone who wants to shape the direction our world is going in. We seek to expose the lies of governments and the corporate elite who constantly trash our humanity. By asking the hard questions the mainstream media refuses to ask, we shine a little more light on truth. Furthermore, we seek to connect, educate, and motivate those who are interested in alerting the public to the pertinent issues that are affecting our lives each and every day. Our goal is to create a community of truth-seekers and peacemakers who share a commitment to nonviolent action. We Are Change is not so much an individual or group, but an idea, an idea that "We the People" are the change we wish to see in this world. Together, as residents of this planet, we can push back against those who wish to dominate our lives and begin to restore liberty to all. follow Luke @ twitter.com for updates and notifications for new videos and when a live video stream goes LIVE.
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1999 Cable Hall of Fame: Ted Turner Former Director, Time Warner, Inc.
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- Duration: 4:24
- Published: 12 Aug 2011
- Updated: 12 Aug 2011
Ted Turner Former Director Time Warner, Inc. Throughout his career, Ted Turner has won recognition for his entrepreneurial acumen; sharp business skills; a vision that transformed television; leadership qualities that won sports championships; and his unprecedented philanthropy. Turner is a member of the Time Warner board of directors and the founder of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. He began his career as an account executive with Turner Advertising Company and entered the television business in 1970 when he acquired Atlanta independent UHF station channel 17. In 1976, Turner purchased Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves and launched TBS Superstation, originating the "Superstation" concept. The following year, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. acquired the National Basketball Association's Atlanta Hawks, and in 1980 Turner launched CNN, the world's first live, 24-hour global news network.
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Re: Toonami
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- Duration: 1:26
- Published: 20 Apr 2012
- Updated: 12 Jun 2012
Better late than never. #BringBackToonami NeoToonami Staff Recruitment Boards: www.neotoonami.com Contact Cartoon Network directly: www.cartoonnetwork.com Toonami Aftermath: www.toonamiaftermath.com Thanks to Kino (Announcer) Zipper (Editor) -------------------------------------------------------------- NeoToonami is a fan project and is in no way affiliated with Cartoon Network, Williams Street, Turner Broadcasting or Time Warner. Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com
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Cartoon Network TOO (UK channel) - Promos and Bumpers (March 2010)
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- Duration: 2:39
- Published: 21 Apr 2012
- Updated: 08 Jun 2012
Not to be confused with my web channel, which carries the same name. This is a UK channel, launched in 2006, which used to have a good mix of old and new cartoons, but now it barely airs any old shows. Heck, even CN UK has more old shows now. Credit goes to vgxbp, who now has a new account, which is TVholidays. TM & © 2010-2012 Cartoon Network. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. The Cartoon Network is a part of the Turner Broadcasting System.
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Toonami - Intro (2012)
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- Duration: 0:21
- Published: 27 May 2012
- Updated: 08 Jun 2012
Finally, Toonami is back! :) Credit goes to TheVenXIII TM & © 2012 Cartoon Network. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. The Cartoon Network is a part of the Turner Broadcasting System.
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DRAMA - A DRAMATIC SURPRISE ON A QUIET SQUARE.HD
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- Duration: 1:46
- Published: 13 Apr 2012
- Updated: 10 May 2012
This is a great spot for Turner Benelux, promoting the TNT channel. An impromptu piece set in a quiet square in a Belgian town centre that has gained a huge amount of traction in just 2 days. Have a look to see what all the fuss is about.
http://wn.com/DRAMA__A_DRAMATIC_SURPRISE_ON_A_QUIET_SQUAREHD
DVworkshops Student testimony-Producer Turner Broadcasting
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- Duration: 1:02
- Published: 22 Dec 2006
- Updated: 23 Aug 2010
Visit www.dvworkshops.com
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A DRAMATIC SURPRISE ON A QUIET SQUARE
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- Duration: 1:01
- Published: 15 Apr 2012
- Updated: 29 Apr 2012
To launch the high quality TV channel TNT in Belgium we placed a big red push button on an average Flemish square of an average Flemish town. A sign with the text "Push to add drama" invited people to use the button. And then we waited... Discover here what happened or visit www.tnt-tv.be for more info. Drama surprise TNT viral video advert Turner Broadcasting System Duval Guillaume Modem hidden camera ambulance shoot-out Kung Fu fight police gangsters biker sexy girl action real life square blood TV stunt red underwear funny American Football swat Belgium Flanders guns fear innocent people button push to add drama vlaanderen televisie serie actie film movies bioscoop voorbijgangers wapens Aarschot TNT. We know drama.
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Cartoon Network Europe - Hotel Bumper (2002)
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- Duration: 1:01
- Published: 22 Jan 2012
- Updated: 02 Jun 2012
TM & © 2002-2012 Cartoon Network. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. The Cartoon Network is a part of the Turner Broadcasting System.
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NeoToonami 2012 Teaser
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- Duration: 0:31
- Published: 01 Jan 2012
- Updated: 11 Jun 2012
See why patience pays off everybody? We haven't been twiddling our thumbs, but improving our skills. Happy New Year, Everybody! Animation/Editing by: Khan Sweet beat by: _res Track is called "Spazmatic" If you're a music composer and are interested in sampling your work in an NT bump, hit us up on the forums at: www.neotoonami.com Out. -------------------------------------------------------------- NeoToonami is a fan project and is in no way affiliated with Cartoon Network, Turner Broadcasting or Time Warner.
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Cartoon Network TOO (web channel) - Next: Har Har Har (2012)
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- Duration: 0:12
- Published: 07 May 2012
- Updated: 21 May 2012
For my web channel - CNXD.tk. Credit goes to CNFanLDEalt2 for the template and Miggy7217 for the soundtrack. These bumpers are inspired by Nickelodeon. If you want to make bumpers like this, go to www.youtube.com TM & © 2008-2012 Cartoon Network. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. The Cartoon Network is a part of the Turner Broadcasting System.
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Cartoon Network UK - Regular Show Premiere Promo (2011)
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- Duration: 1:03
- Published: 13 Jan 2012
- Updated: 22 May 2012
Also used in other Cartoon Network versions in Europe. PS Mordecai is a blue jay, not a robin. Margaret is a robin. Credit goes to Teppa Shaman from Vimeo. TM & © 2011-2012 Cartoon Network. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. The Cartoon Network is a part of the Turner Broadcasting System.
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Cartoon Network TOO - Pushback #1
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- Duration: 0:42
- Published: 06 Jan 2012
- Updated: 16 May 2012
TM & © 2010-2012 Cartoon Network. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. The Cartoon Network is a part of the Turner Broadcasting System.
http://wn.com/Cartoon_Network_TOO__Pushback_#1
Regular Show - Party Tonight
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- Duration: 2:05
- Published: 10 Mar 2012
- Updated: 11 Jun 2012
TM & © 2012 Cartoon Network. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. The Cartoon Network is a part of the Turner Broadcasting System.
http://wn.com/Regular_Show__Party_Tonight
Communication Leadership CEO Series: Ted Turner
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- Duration: 57:07
- Published: 17 Dec 2008
- Updated: 05 Jun 2012
The Center on Communication Leadership, in partnership with USC Spectrum and the USC Marshall School of Business present a conversation with Ted Turner, the media entrepreneur and philanthropist who started CNN, Turner Broadcasting and a host of other companies. Welcoming remarks by Marshall School Dean Jim Ellis. The conversation will be moderated by University Professor Geoffrey Cowan.
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This article is about the company. For the channel owned by this company, see TBS (TV channel).
| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry |
Entertainment Cable Television Interactive Media |
| Fate | Acquired by Time Warner |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Founder(s) | Ted Turner |
| Headquarters |
CNN Center Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Key people |
Philip I. Kent (Chairman and CEO) Ted Turner (Founder) |
| Parent | Time Warner |
| Divisions | CNN, TNT, TCM, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Cartoonito, Pogo, TruTV, TBS, CNN International, HLN, NBA TV, CNN IBN, CNN en Español, CNN Chile, CNN Arabic, CNNj, n-tv, I-Sat, HBO,WPCH-TV,CW Network, |
| Website | www.turner.com |
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (often abbreviated TBS Networks, TBS, Inc. or simply Turner) is the Time Warner subsidiary managing the collection of cable networks and properties initiated or acquired by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner starting during the 1970s. The company has its headquarters in the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] TBS, Inc. merged with Time Warner on October 10, 1996, and now operates as a semi-autonomous unit of Time Warner. This is Time Warner's second experience with advertiser-supported cable broadcasting, after co-owning the Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment Company through Warner Communications before selling it to MTV Networks during 1987.
The company's current assets include CNN, HLN, TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, truTV, and Turner Classic Movies.
The current chairman and CEO of Turner Broadcasting is Philip I. Kent.
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History[link]
1970s[link]
During 1970, Ted Turner, then owner of a successful Atlanta-based outdoor advertising company, purchased WJRJ-Atlanta, Channel 17, a small, struggling Ultra High Frequency station, and renamed it WTCG, for parent company Turner Communications Group. By careful programming acquisitions, Turner guided the station to success. During December 1976, WTCG originated the "superstation" concept, transmitting via satellite to cable systems.
During 1979, the company changed its name to Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.) and the call letters of its main entertainment channel to WTBS, now TBS.
1980s[link]
During 1980, the company initiated CNN, the first 24-hour all-news network.
During 1984, Turner initiated Cable Music Channel, his competition for WASEC's MTV. The channel was short-lived, but helped influence the original format of VH1.
During 1986, Turner bought the pre-May 1986 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer library, the RKO Radio Pictures library, the Associated Artists Productions library, and some United Artists material (including some post-1952 UA material such as Gilligan's Island and its spinoffs, and Bugs Bunny Superstar) from MGM/UA. Turner Entertainment is begun.
During 1988, the company initiated TNT.
1990s[link]
Turner expanded its presence in movie production and distribution, first with the 1991 purchase of the Hanna-Barbera animation studio.[2] New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment would be acquired three years later.[3][4] Turner initiated Cartoon Network on Thursday, October 1, 1992.
During 1994, the division Turner Classic Movies was organized.
On October 10, 1996, Turner Broadcasting merged with Time Warner, grew at a phenomenal pace and vended in more than 200 countries and territories around the world.
2000s[link]
During 2003, Philip I. Kent succeeded Jamie Kellner as chairman. The WB Network was acquired during 2001 while Kellner was chairman, but returned to Warner Bros. during 2003 with the departure of Kellner.
During early 2006, the company sold Turner South to Fox Cable Networks creating SportSouth, a regional sports channel. Fox assumed control of the network on May 1, and at the beginning of the newest National Hockey League season, renamed it SportSouth, coincidentally the former name of FSN South when Turner owned the network in partnership with Liberty Media, from its beginning during 1990, until 1997.
During May 2006, Turner Broadcasting, which already owned 50% of Court TV, purchased the remaining half from Liberty Media. Also during May 2006, Ted Turner attended his last meeting as a board member of Time Warner and officially parted with the company.
During August 2006, Turner Broadcasting Europe volunteered to edit or stop broadcasting some Hanna-Barbera Tom and Jerry movies after Ofcom UK received a complaint that the cigar smoking in a Tom & Jerry short movie was inappropriate.[5]
Channels [link]
U.S. domestic[link]
News[link]
Entertainment[link]
Interactive/broadband sites[link]
- CartoonNetwork.com
- AdultSwim.com
- CNN.com
- HLNtv.com
- iReport.com
- TBS.com
- TCM.com
- TNT.tv
- truTV.com
- sportsillustrated.com
- TheSmokingGun.com
Animation[link]
International[link]
Latin America[link]
The channels in Latin America are controlled by "Turner Broadcasting System Latin America", headquarted in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It broadcasts Latin American versions of U.S. channels, and also channels that are exclusive for the region. TBS LA also handles advertising sales for Warner Channel (owned by fellow Time Warner division Warner Bros. Entertainment) and for the Brazilian action sports channel Woohoo.
General[link]
- Chilevisión (Free to air)
News and Information[link]
- CNN en Español
- CNN en Español Pan-regional
- CNN en Español Argentina
- CNN en Español México
- CNN Chile
- CNN International
- CNN International for Latin America
- CNN (USA) HD
Kids and Teens[link]
- Boomerang
- Boomerang Pan-regional
- Boomerang México
- Boomerang Brasil
- Cartoon Network
- Cartoon Network Pan-regional
- Cartoon Network México
- Cartoon Network Argentina
- Cartoon Network Brasil
- Cartoon Network Chile
- Tooncast
- Tooncast Pan-regional
- Tooncast Brasil
- Cartoonito
- Cartoon Network Too
Lifestyle[link]
Music[link]
Documentaries[link]
- Infinito
- Infinito Pan-regional
- Infinito México
- Infinito Brasil
- Infinito Argentina
Movies [link]
- TNT (Also in High Definition)
- TNT Pan-regional
- TNT México
- TNT Brasil
- TNT Argentina
- TNT Chile
- TNT Venezuela
- TNT Serie
- I-Sat
- I-SAT Pan-regional
- I-SAT Argentina
- I-SAT Brasil
- Space (Also in High Definition)
- Space Pan-regional
- Space Argentina
- Space Brasil
- TCM Classic Entertainment
- TCM Pan-regional
- TCM Argentina
- TCM Brasil
- TBS
- TBS Pan-regional
- TBS Argentina
- TBS Brasil
Other regions[link]
News[link]
- CNN International (4 Feeds: Americas (USA, Canada and Latin América), EMEA (Europe,Middle East and Africa) and Asia (South Asia & Pacific)
- CNN Chile, a joint-venture between Turner Latin América and VTR Globalcom that is only aired in Chile.
- CNN IBN, a joint-venture between Turner, TV18 and Global Broadcast News that is only aired in India.
- n-tv, a joint-venture between Turner (32%) and RTL Group that is only aired in Germany.
- CNN Türk, a joint-venture between Turner and Doğan Medya Grubu that is only aired in Turkey.
- CNN+, a joint-venture between Turner (50%) and Sogecable that is only aired in Spain, closed down in late 2010.
Entertainment[link]
- TCM (Custom programming to UK, France, Germany, Spain, Latin America)
- CETV(36%)
- Imagine TV : 92%
- Lumiere Movies : 92%
- Showtime Scandinavia thru Turner NonStop Television in the Scandinavian countries.
- Silver, independent and international movies, thru Turner NonStop Television in the Scandinavian countries.
- Star, showbiz news programming, thru Turner NonStop Television in the Scandinavian countries.
Animation[link]
- Cartoon Network (Custom programming to France, Italy,Europe, Taiwan, India, Japan)
- Boing (51% Mediaset, 49% Turner Broadcasting System, Italy)
- Boomerang UK, various Boomerang channels around Europe
- Cartoonito UK
- Cartoon Network Too UK
- Pogo (India)
Television Production/Distribution companies[link]
Former assets[link]
- Hanna-Barbera—An animation studio*
- New Line Cinema—A film production company*
- New Line Television—A television production arm of New Line Productions
- Turner Pictures—A film production company
- Turner Program Services—A former syndication arm
- Castle Rock Entertainment—A film production company*
- World Championship Wrestling— An American professional wrestling promotion
* Now owned by sister company, Warner Bros.)
See also [link]
References[link]
- ^ "Contact Us." Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved on March 6, 2010.
- ^ Lippman, John (October 30, 1991). "Turner Is Buying Hanna-Barbera Film Library". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1991-10-30/business/fi-565_1_film-library. Retrieved September 8, 2010.
- ^ Harris, Kathryn (August 7, 1993). "New Line Cinema holding merger talks with Turner". http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/2157288.html?dids=2157288:2157288&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+07%2C+1993&author=Harris%2C+Kathryn&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=New+Line+Cinema+holding+merger+talks+with+Turner&pqatl=google.
- ^ Citron, Alan (August 18, 1993). "Turner gets nod to buy New Line and Castle Rock". http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/6359666.html?dids=6359666:6359666&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+18%2C+1993&author=Citron%2C+Alan&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Turner+gets+nod+to+buy+New+Line+and+Castle+Rock&pqatl=google.
- ^ "Smoke's no joke for Tom and Jerry". BBC News. August 21, 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5271470.stm.
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- Home page of Time Warner, Inc.
- CNN.com
- CNN en Espanol
- Court TV.com
- WPCH-TV
- PGA.com
- PGATour.com
- Nascar.com
- TNT
- TBS
- tru TV
- TheSmokingGun.com
- Money.com
- WMOB
- Crime Library
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- UK Cartoon Network
- UK Boomerang
- UK Cartoonito
- UK TCM
- Turner Media Innovations (UK Sales House)
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For other people named Ted Turner, see Ted Turner (disambiguation).
| Ted Turner | |
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 Turner in 2007 |
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| Born | Robert Edward Turner III (1938-11-19) November 19, 1938 (age 73) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Education | The McCallie School |
| Alma mater | Brown University |
| Occupation | Media tycoon |
| Known for | founder of TBS and CNN former Atlanta Braves owner WCW Ted's Montana Grill philanthropy |
| Home town | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Net worth |  $2 billion (2012)[1] |
| Spouse | Julia Gale Nye (1960–1964) Jane Shirley Smith (1965–1988) Jane Fonda (1991–2001) |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born November 19, 1938[2]) is an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the cable news network CNN, the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television. As a philanthropist, he is known for his $1 billion gift to support UN causes, which created the United Nations Foundation, a public charity to broaden support for the UN. Turner serves as Chairman of the United Nations Foundation board of directors.[3]
Turner's media empire began with his father's billboard business, which he took over at 24 after his father's suicide.[4] The business, Turner Outdoor Advertising, was worth $1 million when Turner took it over in 1963. Purchase of an Atlanta UHF station in 1970 began the Turner Broadcasting System. Cable News Network revolutionized news media, covering the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986 and the Persian Gulf War in 1991. Turner turned the Atlanta Braves baseball team into a nationally popular franchise and launched the charitable Goodwill Games. He helped reinvent interest in professional wrestling when he owned one of the most popular wrestling companies of the middle to late 1990s known as World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The Monday night show that it put on was the highest rated on cable and helped boost Turner's channels of TNT and WTBS.
Turner's penchant for controversial statements earned him the nicknames "The Mouth of the South" and "Captain Outrageous".[5][6] Turner has also devoted his assets to environmental causes. He was the largest private landowner in the United States until John C. Malone surpassed him in 2011.[7][8] He uses much of his land for ranches to re-popularize bison meat (for his Ted's Montana Grill chain), amassing the largest herd in the world. He also created the environmental-themed animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
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Early life[link]
Turner was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Florence (née Rooney) and Robert Edward Turner II, a billboard magnate.[9] When he was nine, his family moved to Savannah, Georgia. He attended The McCallie School, a private, boys' preparatory school in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Turner attended Brown University and was vice-president of the Brown Debating Union and captain of the sailing team. He became a member of Kappa Sigma. Turner initially majored in Classics. Turner's father wrote saying that his choice made him "appalled, even horrified," and that he "almost puked."[10] Turner later changed his major to Economics, but before receiving a diploma, he was expelled for having a female student in his dormitory room.[11] Turner was awarded an honorary B.A. from Brown University in November 1989 when he returned to campus to keynote the National Association of College Broadcasters second annual conference.
Sailing[link]
When Turner was 26, he entered sailing competitions at the Savannah Yacht Club and competed in Olympic trials in 1964.[citation needed] He appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated on July 4, 1977,[12] after being chosen to lead the 1977 America's Cup defense as skipper of the yacht Courageous.[citation needed] He had purchased the boat after its 1974 America's Cup victory.[citation needed] On September 18, 1977, he successfully defended the America's Cup, defeating Australia 4-0.[13] He was inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame in 1993, and the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2011.
In the 1979 Fastnet race, in a storm that killed 15 participants, he skippered Tenacious to a corrected-time victory.[14]
Recent controversies[link]
Turner once called observers of Ash Wednesday "Jesus freaks," though he apologized,[15] and dubbed opponents of abortion "bozos."[15]
In 2008, Turner explained he not only regretted these statements but said he had made peace with organized religion and had joined with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod and the United Methodist Church to fight malaria.[16] In a 2008 MSNBC interview, Turner stated that he no longer considers himself atheist or agnostic, and prays for sick friends, but keeps it short because "I don't want to load up the wires."[17]
Turner caused a stir in Montana in 2003 by funding a project to restore westslope cutthroat trout to Cherry Creek and Cherry Lake. The controversy stemmed from the poison antimycin used to kill fish in the stream.[18]
In 2008, Turner also received attention when he asserted on PBS's Charlie Rose television program that if steps are not taken to address global warming, within 30 to 40 years "most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals." Turner also said in the interview that he advocated drastically cutting the U.S. military budget and Americans having no more than two children.[19]
Business activities[link]
WTBS[link]
After leaving Brown University, Turner returned to the South in late 1960 to become general manager of the Macon, Georgia branch of his father's business. Following his father's March 1963 suicide, Turner became president and chief executive of Turner Advertising Company when he was 24[4] and turned the firm into a global enterprise. He joined the Young Republicans but said "he felt at ease among these budding conservatives and was merely following in Ed Turner's far-right footsteps," according to "It Ain't As Easy As It Looks."
During the Vietnam War Era, Turner’s business prospered; it “had virtual monopolies in Savannah, Macon, Columbus, and Charleston” and was “the largest outdoor advertising company in the Southeast,” according to "It Ain’t As Easy As It Looks". The book observed that Turner “discovered his father had sheltered a substantial amount of taxable income over the years by personally lending it back to the company” and “discovered that the billboard business could be a gold mine, a tax-depreciable revenue stream that threw off enormous amounts of cash with almost no capital investment.” In the late 1960s, Turner used the profits to buy Southern radio stations.
In 1969, he sold his several radio stations to buy a struggling television station in Atlanta on Channel 17. At the time, UHF stations did well only in markets without VHF stations, like Fresno, California, or in markets with only one station on VHF. Independent UHF stations were not ratings winners or that profitable even in larger markets, but Turner had the foresight that this would change as people wanted more than several choices. He changed the call sign to WTCG. Initially, the station ran old movies from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, along with theatrical cartoons and very old sitcoms and old drama shows. As better syndicated product fell off the VHF stations, Turner would pick it up for his station at a very low price. WTCG ran mostly second- and even third-hand product of the time, including fare such as Gilligan's Island, I Love Lucy, Star Trek, Hazel, and Bugs Bunny. WTCG acquired rights to telecast the Atlanta Braves baseball games in 1973. Turner also purchased UHF Channel 36 WRET (now WCNC) in Charlotte, North Carolina and ran it with a format similar to WTCG.
In 1976, the FCC allowed Turner’s WTCG to use a satellite to transmit content to local cable TV providers around the nation. On December 17, 1976, the rechristened WTCG-TV Super-Station began to broadcast old movies, situation comedy reruns, cartoons, and sports nationwide to cable-TV subscribers. As cable systems developed, many carried his station to free their schedules. This increased his viewers and advertising. Subscribers eventually reached two million subscribers and Turner's net worth rose to $100 million. He bought a 5,000-acre (20 km2) plantation in Jacksonboro, South Carolina, for $2 million.
In 1978, Turner struck a deal with a student-operated radio station at MIT, Technology Broadcasting System to obtain the rights to the WTBS call sign for $50,000. This allowed Turner to strengthen the branding of his "Super-Station" using the acronym TBS; Turner Communications Group was renamed Turner Broadcasting System and WTCG was renamed as WTBS.
In 1976, Turner bought the Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Hawks, partially to provide programming for WTCG. Using the rechristened WTBS' superstation status to beam Braves games into nearly every home in North America, Turner made the Braves a household name even before their run of success in the 1990s and early 2000s. At one point, he suggested to pitcher Andy Messersmith who wore number 17, that he change his surname to "Channel" to promote the television station.
In 1986, Turner founded the Goodwill Games. Broadcasting the events of these games provided his superstation the ability to provide Olympics-style sports programming that had been offered by only one of the three major networks (ABC, CBS and NBC) up to that time.
Turner Field, first used for the 1996 Summer Olympics as Centennial Olympic Stadium and then converted into a baseball-only facility for the Braves, is named after him.
CNN[link]
Turner created CNN in 1980. He said: "We won't be signing off until the world ends. We'll be on, and we will cover the end of the world, live, and that will be our last event . . . we'll play 'Nearer, My God, to Thee' before we sign off."
After five years, CNN outgrew its home, a former country club on the outskirts of Midtown, Atlanta. Turner purchased the Omni International from developer Tom Cousins and moved CNN there. The complex was rechristened the CNN Center. As Omni International, the complex had never succeeded. Cousins sold it to Turner along with the Atlanta Hawks. CNN moved into the end of the tower that once housed The World of Sid and Marty Krofft. Turner was instrumental in the revival of Atlanta's downtown.
MGM[link]
After a failed attempt to acquire CBS, Turner purchased the film studio MGM/UA Entertainment Co. from Kirk Kerkorian in 1986 for $1.5 billion. Following the acquisition, Turner had an enormous debt and sold parts of the acquisition. MGM/UA Entertainment was sold back to Kirk Kerkorian. The MGM/UA Studio lot in Culver City was sold to Lorimar/Telepictures. Turner kept MGM/UA's pre-May 1986 and pre-merger film and TV library, which included nearly all of MGM/UA's material made before the merger, and a small portion of United Artists' film and TV properties which included few UA pictures, the TV series Gilligan's Island, the RKO Radio Pictures library, and the pre-1950[20][21] Warner Bros. library and the Fleischer and Famous Studios Popeye cartoons that both were once the property of Associated Artists Productions, which merged with UA Television in 1958).
TNT and Cartoon Network[link]
Turner used these to add cable channels. In 1988, he introduced Turner Network Television (TNT) with Gone with the Wind. TNT, initially showing older movies and television shows, added original programs and newer reruns. Since launch in 1994, Turner Classic Movies broadcast the older Warner Bros, RKO, and MGM libraries. TNT used World Championship Wrestling (WCW) to attract a broader audience.
In 1992, the MGM library, which included Warner Brothers properties including the early Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies libraries and also the Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios Popeye cartoons, became the core of Cartoon Network. A year before, Turner's companies purchased Hanna-Barbera Productions (whose longtime parent, Taft/Great American Broadcasting, had been headquartered in Turner's original hometown of Cincinnati), adding additional content. With the 1996 Time Warner merger, the channel's archives gained the later Warner Bros. cartoon library.
In the mid-1980s, Turner became a force for the colorization of black-and-white films. In 1985, the film Yankee Doodle Dandy became the first black-and-white movie redistributed in color after computer coloring. Despite opposition by film aficionados, stars, and directors, the movie won over a section of the public,[22] and Turner colorized a majority of films that he had owned. However, in the mid-1990s, the cost led Turner to abandon the idea. In contrast with TNT, TCM has shown the unaltered versions of films.
Turner Entertainment[link]
Turner Entertainment Co. was established in August 1986 to oversee film properties owned by Ted Turner. In 1988, Turner purchased Jim Crockett Promotions which he renamed World Championship Wrestling (WCW) which became the main competitor to Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation (WWF). In 2001, under AOL Time Warner, it was sold to the World Wrestling Federation.
In 1989, Turner created the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship for fiction offering positive solutions to global problems. The winner, from 2500 entries worldwide, was Daniel Quinn's Ishmael.
Turner Foundation[link]
In 1990, he created the Turner Foundation, which focuses on philanthropic grants in environment and population. In the same year he created Captain Planet, an environmental superhero. Turner produced two TV series with him as featured character. Turner appeared in Gettysburg as Colonel Waller T. Patton in 1993 and reprised the role in the 2003 prequel Gods and Generals; he produced both films.
MIBC[link]
In 1993, Turner and Russian journalist Eduard Sagalajev founded The Moscow Independent Broadcasting Corporation. This corporation operated the sixth frequency in Russian television and founded the Russian channel TV-6. The company was later purchased by Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky and an unknown group of private persons. In 2007 the license for TV-6 had expired and there was no application for renewal.
Time Warner merger[link]
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. merged with Time Warner, Inc. on October 10, 1996, with Turner as vice chairman and head of Time Warner and Turner's cable networks division.[23] Turner was dropped as head of cable networks by CEO Gerald Levin but remained as Vice Chairman of Time Warner. He resigned as Time Warner vice chairman in 2003 and then from the board of directors in 2006.
On January 11, 2001, Time Warner was purchased by AOL to become AOL Time Warner, a merger which Turner initially supported. However, the burst of the dotcom bubble hurt the growth and profitability of the AOL division which in turned dragged down the combined company's performance and stock price. At a board meeting in fall 2001, Turner's outburst against AOL Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin eventually led to the latter's announced resignation effective in early 2002, being replaced by Richard Parsons. In contrast to Levin who as CEO isolated Turner from important company matters, Parsons did invite Turner back to provide strategic advice although Turner never received an operational role that he sought.[24] The company dropped "AOL" from its name in 2003. In December 2009, AOL was spun off from the Time Warner conglomerate as a separate company.
Turner was Time Warner's biggest individual shareholder. It is estimated he lost as much as $7 billion when the stock collapsed in the wake of the merger. When asked about buying back his former assets, he replied that he can't afford them now.[25]
Rivalry with Murdoch and Fox[link]
Turner has a long-running grudge with fellow cable magnate Rupert Murdoch. This originated in 1983 when a Murdoch-sponsored yacht collided with Turner's boat during the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, causing it to sink 10 km from the finish line. At the post-race dinner, Turner savaged Murdoch, later challenging him to a televised fistfight in Las Vegas.[26] In 2003, Turner challenged Murdoch to a fistfight, and later accused Murdoch of being a "warmonger" as Murdoch was backing President George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq.
Atlanta Braves[link]
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For most of his first decade as owner of the Braves, Turner was a very hands-on owner. He said, "Managing isn't that difficult; you just have to score more runs than the other guy." In 1977, he sent manager Dave Bristol on a "scouting trip" so Turner could manage the Braves; he ran the team for one game (a loss) before National League president Chub Feeney told him managers are forbidden to own financial interest in their club. In the mid-1980s Turner began leaving day-to-day operations to the baseball operations staff.
Achievements[link]
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In 1991, Turner became the first media figure to be named Time magazine's Man of the Year.
He used to be America's largest private landowner, owning approximately 2,000,000 acres (8,100 km2), greater than the land areas of Delaware and Rhode Island combined. According to documentary filmmaker Michael Moore, Turner's land has a higher gross domestic product than Belize. He has the largest private bison herd, with 50,000 head. In 2002, Turner co-founded Ted's Montana Grill, a restaurant chain specializing in bison meat.[27]
Under his ownership, World Championship Wrestling became the only federation to outrate and outsell the McMahon family and their World Wrestling Federation. This event brought about a rise in popularity to professional wrestling and is now known as the Monday Night Wars. WCW television ratings were also heavily competing with ABC's Monday Night Football.
After the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, Turner founded the Goodwill Games as a statement for peace through sports.
In 1990, the American Humanist Association named Turner the Humanist of the Year.
In 1998, Turner pledged to donate $1 billion of his then $3 billion to United Nations causes, and created the United Nations Foundation to administer the gift. The foundation "builds and implements public-private partnerships to address the world’s most pressing problems, and broadens support for the UN through advocacy and public outreach." In 2006, the foundation delivered its billionth dollar to UN causes — $600m of which came from Turner and $400m from public and private partners. Turner has pledged to use the remaining $400m of his commitment to leverage additional funds for UN causes and activities.
Turner served in the United States Coast Guard. He is also a recipient of the Albert Schweitzer Gold Medal for Humanitarianism.
In 2006, Turner received the Bower Award for Business Leadership from The Franklin Institute.[28]
Turner was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame on April 26, 2007.
Politics[link]
On September 19, 2006, in a Reuters Newsmaker conference, Turner said of Iran's nuclear position: "They're a sovereign state. We have 28,000. Why can't they have 10? We don't say anything about Israel — they've got 100 of them approximately — or India or Pakistan or Russia." A proponent of Obama’s healthcare bill, Turner has said: “We’re the only first world country that doesn’t have universal healthcare and it’s a disgrace.”[29]
In 2010, in the wake of both the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster in West Virginia on 5 April that killed 29 miners and on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 crew on April 20, Turner stated on CNN that "I'm just wondering if God is telling us He doesn't want to drill offshore. And right before that, we had that coal mine disaster in West Virginia where we lost 29 miners . . . Maybe the Lord's tired of having the mountains of West Virginia, the tops knocked off of them so they may get more coal. I think maybe we ought to just leave the coal in the ground and go with solar and wind power and geothermals . . . "[30]
Views on the shifting media landscape[link]
Turner claims to have predicted the demise of newspapers 30 years ago and has called print journalism “an obsolete way of distributing information.”[29]
Books[link]
Turner has bipolar disorder.[31] In the 1997 biography It Ain't As Easy as It Looks by Porter Bibb, Turner discussed his use of lithium and struggles with his illness. In 2008, Turner wrote Call Me Ted, which documents his career and personal life.
Personal life[link]
Turner has been married and divorced three times: to Judy Nye (1960–64), Jane Shirley Smith (1965–88), and actress Jane Fonda (1991–2001). He has five children.[32] One of Ted's daughters, Laura Turner Seydel, comes from the same environmental conservationist mold as her father. "My parents and grandparents created a no waste zone," says Seydel, a Captain Planet Foundation board member and sustainable living expert. "We recycled bottles and cans for money. My father drove a fuel efficient Japanese car. They hated to waste money. We learned important lessons that helped us develop a strong ethic."[33]
Through Turner Enterprises, he owns 15 ranches in Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and South Dakota.[34][35] Totaling 1,910,585 acres (7,731.86 km2), his US land-holdings make Turner one of the largest individual landowners in North America (by acreage).[35]
Turner's biggest ranch is Vermejo Park Ranch in New Mexico. At 920 square miles (2,400 km2), it is the largest privately owned, contiguous tract of land in the United States.[36]
Turner sponsors the Public forum debate of the National Forensic League.[citation needed]
In a television interview with Piers Morgan on May 3, 2012, Turner said he had four girlfriends, which he acknowledged was complicated but nonetheless easier than being married.[37]
References[link]
- ↑ Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/profile/ted-turner/.
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica. "Ted Turner – Britannica Online Encyclopedia". Britannica.com. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9073872/Ted-Turner. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
- ↑ "UN Foundation". http://www.unfoundation.org.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Porter Bibb (1996). Ted Turner: It Ain't As Easy as It Looks: The Amazing Story of CNN. Virgin Books. pp. 55–56. ISBN 0-86369-892-1. http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/155566203X.
- ↑ Porter Bibb (1996). Ted Turner: It Ain't As Easy as It Looks: The Amazing Story of CNN. Virgin Books. pp. 138, 272, 283, 442. ISBN 0-86369-892-1. http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/155566203X.
- ↑ Koepp, Stephen (2005-04-12). "Captain Outrageous Opens Fire". Time. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1048325,00.html.
- ↑ Doyle, Leonard (2007-12-01). "Turner becomes largest private landowner in US – Americas, World". London: The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/turner-becomes-largest-private-landowner-in-us-761711.html. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
- ↑ "For Land Barons, Acres by the Millions". The New York Times. January 28, 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/29/us/29land.html.
- ↑ "Ted Turner Biography (1938-)". Film Reference. http://www.filmreference.com/film/19/Ted-Turner.html. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
- ↑ http://www.bu.edu/arion/Volume1/1.1/Autolycus.pdf
- ↑ Porter Bibb (1996). Ted Turner: It Ain't As Easy as It Looks: The Amazing Story of CNN. Virgin Books. pp. 26–33. ISBN 0-86369-892-1. http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/155566203X.
- ↑ "Ted Turner on Sports Illustrated cover". CNN. 4 July 1977. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/8544/index.htm. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ↑ "Courageous - US 26". americascup.com. http://32nd.americascup.com/en/acclopaedia/circlinggalaxy/bateau.php?idContent=4891. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ↑ Rousmainiere, John (1980). Fastnet, Force 10. New York: Norton. ISBN 0-393-03256-6..
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Jim Rutenberg (March 19, 2001). "MediaTalk; AOL Sees a Different Side of Time Warner". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/19/business/mediatalk-aol-sees-a-different-side-of-time-warner.html.
- ↑ "Ted Turner uses churches for malaria campaign". Spero News. 2008-04-06. http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=14937.
- ↑ "'Meet the Press' transcript for Nov. 30, 2008". Meet the Press. 2008-11-30. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27983385/page/5/.
- ↑ Scott McMillion (2003-08-05). "Poisoning begins on Cherry Creek". Bozeman Daily Chronicle. http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2003/08/05/news/003cherryckbzbigs.txt.
- ↑ Mike Morris (2008-04-03). "Ted Turner: Global warming could lead to cannibalism". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/news/stories/2008/04/03/turner_0404.html.
- ↑ You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story, (2008) p. 255.
- ↑ WB retained a pair of features from 1949 that they merely distributed, and all short subjects released on or after September 1, 1948; in addition to all cartoons released in August 1948.
- ↑ "Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) – Trivia". Imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035575/trivia. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
- ↑ Pelline, Jeff (23 September 1995). "Time Warner Closes Deal for Turner". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1995/09/23/MN70161.DTL.
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- ↑ Levingston, Steven (2006-02-25). "Turner To Leave Time Warner February 25, 2006". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/24/AR2006022401888.html. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
- ↑ "Turner: Murdoch is a 'warmonger'". The Guardian (London). 2003-04-23. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2003/apr/25/newscorporation.pressandpublishing. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
- ↑ "Ted's Montana Grill". Tedsmontanagrill.com. http://www.tedsmontanagrill.com/menu.html. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
- ↑ "R.E. (Ted) Turner – The Franklin Institute Awards – Laureate Database". The Franklin Institute. 2006. http://www.fi.edu/winners/2006/turner_ted.faw?winner_id=4379. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 "Working Lunch 1: In Conversation with Ted Turner." Global Creative Leadership Summit, September 2009.
- ↑ "Stupid Quotes." In The Limbaugh Letter. July 2010. p. 11.
- ↑ At long last, he's citizen Ted
- ↑ A Conversation With Ted Turner, at time 48:40. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
- ↑ Laura Turner Seydel, Green Global Travel. March 2012.
- ↑ Tribune staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Ted Turner". Great Falls Tribune. http://www.greatfallstribune.com/multimedia/125newsmakers5/turner.html. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 "Ranches". Ted Turner. http://www.tedturner.com/enterprises/ranches_Template.asp?page=ranches_faq.html. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
- ↑ STATE, VERMEJO PARK RANCH ENTER INTO AGREEMENT REGARDING ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION allbusiness.com – April 14, 2006[dead link]
- ↑ http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_bn1#/video/us/2012/05/04/piers-turner-four-girlfriends.cnn
Further reading[link]
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- Call Me Ted by Ted Turner and Bill Burke (Grand Central Publishing, 2008) ISBN 978-0-446-58189-9
- Racing Edge by Ted Turner (Simon & Schuster, 1979) ISBN 0-671-24419-1
Biographies[link]
- Media Man: Ted Turner's Improbable Empire by Ken Auletta (W. W. Norton, 2004) ISBN 0-393-05168-4
- Clash of the Titans: How the Unbridled Ambition of Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch Has Created Global Empires that Control What We Read and Watch Each Day by Richard Hack (New Millennium Press, 2003) ISBN 1-893224-60-0
- Me and Ted Against the World: The Unauthorized Story of the Founding of CNN by Reese Schonfeld (HarperBusiness, 2001) 0060197463
- Ted Turner Speaks: Insights from the World's Greatest Maverick by Janet Lowe (Wiley, 1999) ISBN 0-471-34563-6
- Riding A White Horse: Ted Turner's Goodwill Games and Other Crusades by Althea Carlson (Episcopal Press, 1998) ISBN 0-9663743-0-4
- Porter Bibb (1996). Ted Turner: It Ain't As Easy as It Looks: The Amazing Story of CNN. Virgin Books. ISBN 0-86369-892-1. http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/155566203X/ref=sib_dp_pt/002-4443697-6472033#reader-link.
- Citizen Turner: The Wild Rise of an American Tycoon by Robert Goldberg and Gerald Jay Goldberg (Harcourt, 1995) ISBN 0-15-118008-3
- CNN: The Inside Story: How a Band of Mavericks Changed the Face of Television News by Hank Whittemore (Little Brown & Co, 1990) ISBN 0-316-93761-4
- Lead Follow or Get Out of the Way: The Story of Ted Turner by Christian Williams (Times Books, 1981) ISBN 0-8129-1004-4
- Atlanta Rising: The Invention of an International City 1946–1996 by Frederick Allen (Longstreet Press, 1996) ISBN 1-56352-296-9
External links[link]
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- Official website
- Turner Foundation
- Ted Turner collected news and commentary at The New York Times
- Works by or about Ted Turner in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Ted Turner at the Notable Names Database
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Ted Turner at the Internet Movie Database
- Turner on Oprah Master Class, aired January 29, 2012
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| Name | Turner, Ted |
| Alternative names | Turner III, Robert Edward, III; Turner, Robert E., III |
| Short description | American media mogul, philanthropist, founder of TBS and CNN |
| Date of birth | November 19, 1938 |
| Place of birth | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States |
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