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Ted Turner
Robert Edward Turner III was an American businessman, television producer, media proprietor, and philanthropist. He founded CNN, the first 24-hour cable news channel, and WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television. Turner also founded the television networks TNT, TBS, The Cartoon Network, Inc., and Turner Classic Movies, and acquired professional wrestling company Jim Crock…
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business · American media mogul (1938–2026) · media proprietor · philanthropist · environmentalist · sailor · sports executive · baseball manager · television producer · entrepreneur · also Ted Turner, Turner
Born 19 November 1938 · Died 6 May 2026 · Q193368
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2026· 7 entries
“Just because your ratings are bigger doesn”
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“squash Rupert Murdoch like a bug.”
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Died 2026-05-06.
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“Our future is in our hands. We do have global communications, and we know what's going on all over the world, and we know what's right, and we know what's wrong. The question is, are we going to do something about it?”
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“If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.”
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2020· 1 entry
Forbes awarded Turner a perfect philanthropy score of 5, the highest possible rating, placing him among an exclusive group of just ten Forbes 400 members, alongside Warren Buffett, George Soros, Eli Broad, and others who
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2019· 1 entry
Turner said he and Murdoch had since made amends
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2018· 1 entry
Revealed he had once considered a run for president when he was married to Jane Fonda, who told him she would leave him if he ran
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2015· 1 entry
The video was found in CNN's database and leaked
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded Sports Lifetime Achievement Award (2014).
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2013· 1 entry
Turner told The Washington Post, "I liked boats", and ended up getting "deployed to some pretty sweet places — Charleston and Fort Lauderdale
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2011· 1 entry
Ted Turner and TEI completed construction of a 25-panel solar array in the company's parking lot, which provides solar power to the Turner Building and its businesses
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2010· 1 entry
Following both the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster that killed 29 miners in West Virginia, Turner stated on CNN that "I'm just wondering if God is telling us he doesn't want to drill of
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2009· 1 entry
Turner met with other business moguls, including Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, George Soros, and David Rockefeller to address issues ranging from the environment to healthcare
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2006· 5 entries
In a Reuters Newsmaker conference, Turner said of Iran's position on nuclear weapons: "They're a sovereign state
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Awarded Delta Prize for Global Understanding (2006).
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Awarded Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science (2006).
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Awarded Bower Award for Business Leadership (2006).
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“s position on nuclear weapons:”
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2004· 1 entry
And they moved in 2011 to become the second incarnation of the Winnipeg Jets
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2003· 4 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Jane Fonda and Ted Turner were refused service in a restaurant run by a Vietnam War veteran.” False.
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Turner challenged Murdoch to another physical fight, and later on accused Murdoch of being a "warmonger" for his support and backing of President George W
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And then from the Time Warner board of directors in 2006
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“s tumbling stock cost him between $7 billion and $8 billion. Schonfeld finds another smaller reason Turner may have decided to step away now. One of Turner”
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2001· 5 entries
Awarded Emperor Has No Clothes Award (2001).
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Time Warner was purchased by America Online (AOL) to become AOL Time Warner, a merger which Turner initially supported
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Co-founded the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) with U
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Under AOL Time Warner, WCW was sold to the WWF
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During a challenging period of independent NTV
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2000· 2 entries
Awarded Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award (2000).
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Awarded honorary doctorate of Haifa University (2000).
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award (1999).
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Peabody Awards (1998).
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1996· 5 entries
With Turner as vice chairman and head of Time Warner and Turner's cable networks division
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Stated that he denied discussing any elimination of population growth
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“looking forward to squishing Rupert like a bug”
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Turner admitted, "For the 10 years I ran [the team], it was a disaster
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Became a rival to Turner's CNN, a channel that Murdoch regarded with disdain for its "liberal slant" in news coverage
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1994· 1 entry
Airing Turner's library of pre-1986 MGM films, Warner Bros
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1993· 2 entries
Turner and Russian journalist Eduard Sagalajev founded the Moscow Independent Broadcasting Corporation (MIBC)
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Turner considered acquiring Paramount Pictures, but withdrew following a meeting with then-QVC head Barry Diller
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1991· 3 entries
Awarded Time Person of the Year (1991).
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Won Audubon Medal (1991).
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Some Native Americans and Native advocacy groups expressed anger after Turner and his then-wife Jane Fonda were shown on national television doing a "tomahawk chop" team cheer during the World Series
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1990· 6 entries
Awarded International Emmy Directorate Award (1990).
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Awarded Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting (1990).
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Awarded Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism (1990).
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Awarded Humanist of the Year (1990).
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Turner said that Christianity was for losers, for which he apologized later that year, and in 1999, Turner made a joke about Polish mine detectors when asked about Pope John Paul II
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Created the Turner Foundation, which focuses on philanthropic grants concerning issues pertaining to the environment and overpopulation
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1989· 1 entry
Turner created the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship for fiction offering positive solutions to global problems
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1988· 3 entries
Turner introduced Turner Network Television (TNT) with Gone with the Wind
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Turner purchased Jim Crockett Promotions
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Turner purchased Jim Crockett Promotions, which he then rebranded as WCW, a promotion that would supersede the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in popularity during the mid-1990s
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1986· 1 entry
Turner founded the Goodwill Games, intending to ease tensions between capitalist and communist countries
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1983· 1 entry
When a Murdoch-sponsored yacht collided with the yacht skippered by Turner, Condor, during the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, causing it to run aground 6
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1982· 1 entry
Schonfeld was succeeded as CEO by Turner after a dispute over Schonfeld's firing of Sandi Freeman; and was succeeded as president by CNN's executive vice president, Burt Reinhardt
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1981· 1 entry
Turner Broadcasting System acquired Brut Productions from Fabergé Cosmetics
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1980· 1 entry
Founded CNN, one of the most prominent news networks in the world
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1979· 1 entry
Turner sold WRET-TV in Charlotte for $20 million, then a record price for a UHF television station, to fund the transaction and established its headquarters in lower-cost, non-union Atlanta
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1978· 2 entries
Turner contacted media executive Reese Schonfeld about his plans to launch a 24-hour news channel (Schonfeld had previously approached Turner with the proposition in 1977 but was rebuffed)
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Turner struck a deal with a student-operated radio station at MIT, Technology Broadcasting System (now WMBR), to obtain the rights to the WTBS call sign for $50,000
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1977· 2 entries
With the team mired in a 16-game losing streak, Turner sent manager Dave Bristol on a 10-day "scouting trip," and Turner himself took over as interim manager – the first owner/manager in the majors since Connie Mack
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For his actions while pursuing the signing of free agent outfielder Gary Matthews from the San Francisco Giants
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1976· 5 entries
The rechristened WTCG-TV Super-Station began to broadcast old movies, situation comedy reruns, cartoons, and sports nationwide to cable-television subscribers
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) allowed WTCG to use a satellite to transmit content to local cable television providers around the nation
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Each of the contributors to the station four years prior received checks returning their money—with interest
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Turner purchased the Atlanta Braves, and in 1977, the Atlanta Hawks, partially to provide programming for WTCG
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And manages the business interests, land holdings, and investments of Ted Turner and now his estate, including the oversight of Turner's 24 properties across the United States and Argentina
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1972· 2 entries
Turner appeared on the station to appeal for contributions from viewers; by 1975, the station had become profitable and one of the most-watched independent stations in the country
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WTCG acquired the rights to telecast Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Hawks games
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1970· 1 entry
Began the Turner Broadcasting System
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1969· 1 entry
Sold his radio stations to buy a struggling television station in Atlanta, UHF channel 17 WJRJ-TV
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1938· 2 entries
Born 1938-11-19.
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In Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Florence (née Rooney) and Robert Edward Turner II, a billboard magnate
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