CNN first went on air on June 1, 1980

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Cable News Network, or CNN, began live coverage at 5 p.m. Eastern on June 1, 1980. It was the first ...

CNN founder and cable news pioneer Ted Turner dead at 87

CNN founder and business mogul Ted Turner has died at age 87, according to CNN.
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CNN’s pioneering founder Ted Turner dies at 87

Ted Turner, the founder of American media giant CNN, has died, the network said on Wednesday. He was 87. Ted Turner, who transformed television news with the creation of CNN in 1980, has died at the ...

CNN Founder Ted Turner Dead at 87

Ted Turner, the outspoken media pioneer who launched CNN and ushered in the era of 24-hour global news, died Wednesday at 87, according to Turner Enterprises. The Ohio-born Atlanta businessman built a ...
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CNN founder and cable news pioneer Ted Turner dead at 87

Turner pioneered the media industry with the creation of a 24-hour cable news network in 1980. Turner revealed a diagnosis of Lewy body dementia in 2018. The degenerative disease caused memory ...