CNN founder Ted Turner dies at 87
CNBC Television·2026-05-06 18:00

got some sad news to report. CNN's founder, cable pioneer Ted Turner. He has died at the age of 87, of course, uh really, you know, seen as one of the most important figures uh in the history of media over the let's call it the last 50 years.He basically helped create modern-day cable uh ecosystem as we know it. Of course, it's changed a lot in the last 10 to 15 years, but um creator of CNN uh and any number of other networks, TBN, the Super Station, um and so many other assets that he owned, obviously sell ...

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