Ted Turner, founder of CNN, remembered for reimagining the news cycle

By: Jill Nolin

Outlets: Georgia Recorder

Published: May 6, 2026

Words: 512

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Media mogul and Atlanta businessman Ted Turner, who is credited with creating 24-hour TV news when he founded CNN more than four decades ago, died Wednesday at the age of 87.

Turner, who was born in Ohio but grew up in Savannah, built a media empire that shaped American culture and cultivated an outspoken persona that earned him the nickname “The Mouth of the South.”

But he devoted the latter part of his …

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