Ted Turner didn’t just revolutionize television − he changed the way we see our world
- Written by Michael J. Socolow, Professor of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine
Ted Turner attends the CNN launch event in Atlanta, Ga., on June 1, 1980.Rick Diamond/Getty ImagesTed 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 forever.
Most of his big gambles, on things such as the M...
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