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Ted Turner and Time Warner

Ted Turner and Time Warner. Erick R. Schmidt May 2, 2007. Edward “Ted” Turner. “Mouth of the South” or an “American Maverick”?. Both, actually. Beginnings in advertising Father’s suicide puts young Ted in charge World-class yachtsman First-class bigmouth. An era of media dominance.

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Ted Turner and Time Warner

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  1. Ted Turnerand Time Warner Erick R. Schmidt May 2, 2007

  2. Edward “Ted” Turner “Mouth of the South” or an “American Maverick”?

  3. Both, actually Beginnings in advertising Father’s suicide puts young Ted in charge World-class yachtsman First-class bigmouth

  4. An era of media dominance Buys Atlanta Braves Creates WTBS “Superstation” Starts re-invention of TV news with founding of CNN

  5. Ted Goes Global Desert Storm makes CNN famous CNN makes Desert Storm famous

  6. Round-the-clock news The New Face of News • Wanted to be everywhere -- and he was Ted in the Big Three?

  7. Time Warner A tough competitor Settling for second best? Ted gives up and gives in

  8. The Merger $8 billion deal Ted gives up the reigns Ted becomes what he hated

  9. Ted’s spirit nearly broken Massive layoffs Firing family Ted fades away

  10. What does it all mean? Ted the philanthropist Turner Broadcasting trails tough to find A new horizon for media

  11. Today’s Turner “I have nothing left to say.”

  12. Works Cited Goldberg, Robert, and Gerald Jay Goldberg. Citizen Turner. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1995 Lowe, Janet. Ted Turner Speaks. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999 Auletta, Ken. Media Man. New York: W.W. Norton, 2004 http://www.tedturner.com Vercammen, Paul. Time Warner-TBS deal widens entertainment vistas. Retrieved April 26, 2007 from http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9509/Time_Turner_Movies/index.html Creating a Media Titan. Retrieved April 22, 2007 from http://news.com.com/Creating+a+media+titan/2009-1023_3-249870.html

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