Ted Turner built a media empire that included cable channels CNN, TBS and TNT, and he owned the Atlanta Braves for 20 years.

Four decades before CBS boss David Ellison pursued Paramount Skydance's $111 billion merger with CNN parent company Warner Bros., another media mogul attempted to do the reverse. CNN founder Ted ...

Ted Turner, the media mogul who invented the concept of a 24-hour news channel when he launched CNN in 1980, has died aged 87. Turner Enterprises and CNN announced the news on Wed ...

In September 2018, Turner revealed he was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia in an interview with "CBS Sunday Morning." ...

Turner is remembered for keeping his signature wit and sense of humor throughout his life ...

Ted Turner, the brash media mogul who made billions pioneering modern cable television, died Wednesday at 87 years old – news that was broken by CNN, the cable channel he founded. His network altered ...

CNN founder Ted Turner has died at the age of 87. The billionaire died on Wednesday, according to the cable news network he founded. Turner had four children and was famously married to Hollywood star ...

Ted Turner, who died on April 6, 2026, was bright, shrewd and, most of all, lucky. The cable TV visionary proved to be in the right place, at the right time, to change television and video news ...

Ted Turner, the brash sportsman and entrepreneur whose ambition and instincts led to a media empire that included groundbreaking news network CNN, has died.

The high-profile media tycoon was also a philanthropist and U.S. landowner; “I’ve won more than most.” ...