""What Ted made happen was just as important as the Internet revolution," former Turner Broadcasting CEO Terry McGuirk told CNN."
"Turner created cable TV's first superstation, bought the Atlanta Braves and Hawks and launched CNN-the first 24-hour news network."
"He pledged $1 billion to the United Nations, became the second-largest landowner in North America with 2 million acres, and helped save bison from extinction."
"Critics called it 'Chicken Noodle News,' but he proved them wrong, adding CNN2 (later HLN) in 1982 and CNN International in 1985."
Ted Turner, who founded CNN in 1980, died at the age of 87. He transformed the media landscape by creating the first 24-hour news network and building a media empire from his father's billboard company. Turner expanded his network with CNN2 and CNN International, and launched several other channels. After financial setbacks from the AOL-Time Warner merger, he became a philanthropist, pledging $1 billion to the United Nations and becoming a major landowner while contributing to wildlife conservation efforts.
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