CNN founder Ted Turner dies
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 a baseball owner who 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 grew to include CNN International, the Cartoon Network, TNT and Turner Classic Movies. Then he ...
