Ted Turner
Cable news pioneer
Ted Turner is an American media entrepreneur who founded CNN, the first 24-hour cable news network, and built Turner Broadcasting System into a major media conglomerate.
He transformed cable television in the 1980s and later merged his company with Time Warner.
Turner is also known for owning the Atlanta Braves, winning the America's Cup sailing race, and making substantial philanthropic gifts, including a billion-dollar donation to the United Nations.
Wealthy business leader
- tycoonDominant industrial leader
- entrepreneurOne who starts businesses
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
empire · conglomerate · executive · TBS · TNT · MGM · Time Warner · syndication
Premier international yacht racing prize
- yachtLarge pleasure vessel
- regattaOrganized boat racing event
- skipperVessel's commanding officer
- racingSpeed competition sport
victory · 1977 · Newport · defender · crew · tactician · helmsman · competitive
Continuous, without closing
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
- newsReports of recent events
- breakingComing apart suddenly
- headlinesArticle titles in newspapers
live · coverage · global · reporting · anchor · correspondent · interview · exclusive
Grazing animals together
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- grasslandsOpen grassy terrain
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
- buffaloLarge North American bovine
Montana · grazing · restoration · sustainable · rewilding · breeding · range · pasture
Voluntary aid for others
- donorOne who contributes freely
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
foundation · grant · giving · nonprofit · generosity · patronage · cause · nuclear threat
magnate
Wealthy business leader
- tycoonDominant industrial leader
- entrepreneurOne who starts businesses
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
pioneer · empire · conglomerate · executive · TBS · TNT · MGM · Time Warner · syndication · acquisition
America's Cup
Premier international yacht racing prize
racing · victory · 1977 · Newport · defender · crew · tactician · helmsman · competitive · ocean
24-hour
Continuous, without closing
headlines · live · coverage · global · reporting · anchor · correspondent · interview · exclusive · update
herd
Grazing animals together
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- grasslandsOpen grassy terrain
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
buffalo · Montana · grazing · restoration · sustainable · rewilding · breeding · range · pasture · wildlife
charity
Voluntary aid for others
- donorOne who contributes freely
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
endowment · foundation · grant · giving · nonprofit · generosity · patronage · cause · nuclear threat · population
- TV PioneersEd Sullivan, Lucille Ball, Johnny Carson, Walter Cronkite, Fred Rogers
- Teds & TheodoresTeddy Roosevelt
- Famous GeorgiansJimmy Carter, Martin Luther King Jr., Ray Charles, Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron
- Media MogulsRupert Murdoch, William Randolph Hearst, Joseph Pulitzer, Michael Bloomberg, media mogul
- Famous AmericansAbraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington Carver, Thomas Edison, Rosa Parks
- 1980 highlightsPac-Man, Empire Strikes Back, Mount St. Helens, Moscow Olympics, Iran hostage crisis
Ted TurnerWalter Cronkite
Ted TurnerRupert Murdoch
Rush Limbaugh · John Bolton · climate denier · nationalist · isolationist
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