Ted Turner, the media maverick and philanthropist who founded CNN, a pioneering 24-hour network that revolutionized television news, died peacefully Wednesday, surrounded by his family, according to a ...

Ted Turner, the maverick businessman and philanthropist who turned a financially struggling Atlanta TV station into a media empire around CNN, the first 24-hour cable news station, has died. He was 87 ...

Media mogul Ted Turner, who pioneered the modern 24-hour news culture when he launched the CNN channel, has died at the age of 87, the network has announced. In 1980, Turner launched Cable News ...

ATLANTA — Ted Turner, a media mogul, founder of CNN and former Atlanta Braves owner, has died at the age of 87. Tributes and statements have been pouring in for Turner as news of his death has spread ...

Ted Turner's legacy as a businessman and outspoken environmentalist will continue after his death at 87. Turner died "surrounded by his family" Wednesday, May 6, his company Turner Enterprises ...

Ted Turner, the swashbuckling media titan who helped shape the modern cable-television industry, ushering in the era of 24-hour news with CNN while building other major networks that bear his name, ...

There is little of the media landscape over the past half-century that Ted Turner didn’t play a key role in building. From creating the 24-hour news cycle to laying the groundwork for the ...

Ted Turner speaking at the 2nd Annual Social Good Summit in New York city on Sept. 19, 2011. Reporter Ted Turner, the man who transformed television news by founding CNN as the first 24-hour cable ...

ATLANTA — Media mogul, team owner, restaurateur, philanthropist and a lover of the wide-open spaces. Those are just a few of the titles that Robert “Ted” Turner III held throughout his lifetime.

Media mogul and CNN founder Ted Turner has died at the age of 87. Born in Cincinnati, Turner built a media empire that included TBS, TNT, and the first 24-hour news channel, CNN. He was the longtime ...

Ted Danson got a wake-up call he didn't see coming — and it changed his outlook on life. A recent health scare jolted the sitcom legend, 78, into a new reality and stripped away any idea of a "free ...