Ted Turner speaking at the 2nd Annual Social Good Summit in New York city on Sept. 19, 2011. Reporter Ted Turner, the man who transformed television news by founding CNN as the first 24-hour cable ...

He built a "superstation" into a media empire, owned a baseball team, married Jane Fonda and donated $1 billion to the United Nations.

Media mogul Ted Turner, who pioneered the modern 24-hour news culture when he launched the CNN channel, has died at the age of 87, the network has announced. In 1980, Turner launched Cable News ...

Media mogul Ted Turner, who pioneered the modern 24-hour news culture when he launched the CNN channel, has died at the age of 87, the network has announced. Turner launched Cable News Network as the ...

: [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION May 8, 2026: A previous version of this story incorrectly said that an audio clip of Ted Turner was from a BBC interview. Turner was speaking to Piers Morgan when he was ...

Media visionary Ted Turner, who transformed television news by founding CNN and helped usher in the era of cable networks, has died. He was 87. Turner died Wednesday, according to a statement from his ...