- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Ted Turner
- Date of Original:
- 1980
- Subject:
- Television broadcasting--Georgia--Atlanta
Executives--Georgia--Atlanta
Philanthropists--Georgia--Atlanta
Chairs--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
Businessmen--Georgia--Atlanta
Businesspeople--Georgia--Atlanta
Turner, Ted - People:
- Turner, Ted
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Businessman Ted Turner launched CNN, the world's first twenty-four-hour news television network, in 1980.
Photograph of Ted Turner, a media magnate, philanthropist, and restaurateur, sitting at a table. He wears a shirt and tie and smiles widely.
Turner has played a significant role in the Atlanta business and entertainment communities since the establishment of his Turner Broadcasting System in 1970. As the creator of CNN, the owner of the Atlanta Braves, and cofounder of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, Turner has influenced a variety of arenas from the local to the international. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/ted-turner-b-1938/m-2740/
- Rights Holder:
- Reprinted with permission from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/ted-turner-b-1938
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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