Ted Turner was an early media entrepreneur who founded CNN, the first 24-hour cable news network. He also created the "superstation" WTBS by broadcasting his local Atlanta station via satellite nationwide. Turner was hugely successful and went on to purchase more media properties and sports teams. He later became a prominent philanthropist, giving over $1 billion to the United Nations. Today he remains one of the largest private landowners in the US.

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weren’t for this man:
Ted Turner

4. Early Entrepreneurship
» Turner began working as a
General Manager for his
father’s Advertising business
in 1960
» After his father committed
suicide four years latter Turner
took over the company
which was in risk of
bankruptcy
» Turned the company around
by increasing their clientele

5. Birth of the “Superstation”
» Turner bought the TV station
WJRJ in Atlanta
» Changed the name to WTBS
for the Turner Broadcasting
System
» Began broadcasting the
channel through satellites to
reach TVs all across America
» Became known as the
“superstation” because the
station reached a audience
outside of its normal viewing
area

6. CNN
» Turner created the first 24
hour news channel
» By using small portable
satellite dishes CNN was able
to broadcast events live from
around the world
» CNN covered the events of
Tiananmen Square live,
which led to Embassies
around the world installing
live feeds

7. Success
» Turner bought rights to
movies so that he could show
them as many times as he
wanted.
» Was also the owner of the
Atlanta Braves baseball
team, broadcasted their
games nationwide
» In the mid 80’s TBS was
bringing in $70 million a year

8. Philanthropy
» Turner founded the Goodwill
Games in 1986 in order to
decrease tensions between
the US and Soviet Union
» He also gave the largest
monetary philanthropic gift in
recorded history, $1 billion to
the United Nations over a
period of 10 years

9. Present Day
» Turner is the largest
landowner in the continental
US: 2 million acres
» He is a co-owner of Ted’s
Montana Grill which
specializes in bison meat
» He merged with the Time
Warner Group in 1995
» The Company then merged
with AOL to create AOL Time
Warner
» Turner resigned in 2003 from
his vice-presidentship

10. Work Cited
» “Ted Turner.” Business Biographies. Kirk H. Beetz. Answers.com. 22
Sep. 2009http://www.answers.com/topic/ted-turner
» “Ted Turner.” Encyclopedia of World Biography. Thomson Gale.
2004. Encyclopedia.com. 22 Sep.
2009http://www.encyclopedia.com
» “Sports of the Times; How Ted Turner Saved the World.” The New
York Times. July 22, 1990. George Vecsey. Nytimes.com. Sep 22,
2009.
» www.tedturner.com
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