Ted Turner, who died on May 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 forever.

Cable television guru Ted Turner, who also owned the Atlanta Braves, Hawks and Thrashers, huddled with Forbes.com contributor Terence Moore before a Hawks game at Philips Arena (now State Farm Arena) ...

CNN founder and media mogul Ted Turner died Wednesday at 87. Well, scratch that. Those two labels don't quite do him justice. Let me try again: Ted Turner — the founder of CNN, a media mogul, a ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google The Mouth of the South has gone silent. Ted Turner, the man who founded CNN — the first 24-hour news channel — in 1980, ...

There’s no question: Ted Turner was an icon who fundamentally reshaped how Americans consume news. His passing, announced by Turner Enterprises on May 6, offers the media industry and news consumers ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ted Turner could never be defined by just one role. He was a media mogul, philanthropist and conservationist. A yachtsman who won boating’s most famous race and owner of a baseball ...

Ted Turner, the media mogul who created CNN and other lodestars of cable TV, died at his ranch in Jefferson County, Florida – his retreat from Atlanta and the media spotlight the opinionated and ...

Media mogul Ted Turner, known for founding CNN and Turner Classic Movies, died Wednesday, May 6, at age 87. Turner died with his family around him, according to a Turner Enterprises press release. A ...

Media mogul Ted Turner passed away on May 6 at the age of 87. Here’s what’s known about his fatal 2018 diagnosis and cause of death. Ted Turner, CNN founder, died on May 6. Turner was diagnosed with ...

Ted Turner, the Atlanta philanthropist and founder of CNN, has died at the age of 87, the network announced on Wednesday. Turner launched CNN as the world’s first-ever live 24-hour news network in ...

Media mogul and CNN founder Ted Turner has died at the age of 87, according to Turner Enterprises. Turner transformed television news by launching the world’s first 24-hour cable news network. The ...