United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981980Businessman 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.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/ted-turner-b-1938Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/ted-turner-b-1938Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaTelevision broadcasting--Georgia--AtlantaExecutives--Georgia--AtlantaPhilanthropists--Georgia--AtlantaChairs--Georgia--AtlantaMen--Georgia--AtlantaBusinessmen--Georgia--AtlantaBusinesspeople--Georgia--AtlantaTurner, TedTed TurnerStillImage