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Remembering Ted Turner


November 19, 1938 - May 6, 2026


Ted Turner Media Mogul, Founder of CNN - Videos


Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.


Ted Turner was one of those larger-than-life figures who seemed to embody an era when media was rapidly changing and personalities behind the scenes became celebrities in their own right.


By launching CNN in 1980, Turner transformed television news from something people watched at set times each day into a constant, around-the-clock global experience. At the time, many critics thought a 24-hour news channel would fail because they believed there simply wasn't enough news to fill the hours. Instead, CNN changed journalism forever and influenced how every major network would eventually operate.


Beyond television, Turner was known for his bold, often unpredictable personality. He built a media empire that included WTBS, MGM's film library, and later helped create what became part of Turner Broadcasting.


He was also deeply involved in environmental causes, nuclear disarmament efforts, and philanthropy, donating billions to the United Nations through the UN Foundation.


This is how I best remember Ted Turner ... For many people outside the media industry Turner became especially visible through his high-profile marriage to actress and activist Jane Fonda.


They married in 1991 and were one of the most talked-about power couples of the 1990s. Fonda brought Hollywood glamour and activism; Turner brought wealth, media influence, and an outspoken Southern charisma. Together they represented a unique intersection of entertainment, politics, environmentalism, and media culture.


Their relationship fascinated the public partly because they seemed so different. Fonda was associated with disciplined activism and reinvention, while Turner had a reputation for being impulsive, competitive, and unconventional. Yet many interviews over the years suggested there was genuine affection and intellectual connection between them. Even after their divorce in 2001, Fonda often spoke warmly about him, describing him as brilliant, complicated, and impossible to forget.


Turner also symbolized a very specific generation of media moguls - people who built empires before the internet reshaped everything. Figures like Turner operated almost mythically - part businessman, part celebrity, part cultural force.


Today, media is more fragmented and corporate, but Turner came from a period when one visionary individual really could alter the entire landscape. His death closes another chapter in that era of pioneering television personalities who helped define late 20th-century American culture.


Coming from the same era ... I remember not only Ted Turner but Rupert Murdoch, 95 - an Australian-born American former business magnate, investor, and media mogul - who came from privilege. He inherited this foundational newspaper chain at age 22, providing the substantial capital and industry knowledge used to build his global media empire.


Both men were two of the most influential media moguls of the late 20th and early 21st century - although they built their empires and their public identities in very different ways.


The competition between Ted Turner's CNN and Rupert Murdoch's Fox News wasn't just a business rivalry - it was a battle between two fundamentally different philosophies of what news should be.


Turner created CNN, proving that news could operate 24 hours a day. He also expanded cable television through WTBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, and sports broadcasting.


Murdoch built a worldwide empire spanning newspapers, television, book publishing, and political media influence through companies like Fox Corporation and News Corp. Each understood before many others that media was not just entertainment - it was power.


Turner often seemed driven by bold ideas and instinct. He had a gambler's personality: impulsive, charismatic, sometimes controversial, but deeply creative. Launching CNN was considered almost reckless at the time because nobody believed viewers wanted nonstop news. He was unusually visible and colorful for a businessman - outspoken, humorous, environmentally focused, sometimes eccentric, openly emotional at times. His marriage to Jane Fonda also made him part of celebrity culture.


Murdoch was more calculated and strategic. He studied markets, audiences, and politics carefully. Rather than inventing a new format the way Turner did, Murdoch mastered expansion, acquisition, and influence. He knew how to shape public opinion and build loyal audiences. He projected something colder and more guarded - intensely private, politically connected, disciplined corporate-minded, associated with behind-the-scenes influence.


He became synonymous with conservative political influence through outlets like Fox News and newspapers in multiple countries. Politicians across the world courted his approval because of the reach of his media platforms.


Turner's legacy is innovation. He changed how television news and cable broadcasting functioned.


Rupert Murdoch is still alive. His legacy is influence in reshaping political media and global news ecosystems. He represents the consolidation of media into political and corporate power.


Turner represented the adventurous side of media expansion.


Both helped define the modern information age, but they left very different cultural fingerprints.


Rupert Murdoch, David Zaslav and More Media Moguls Remember Ted Turner, CNN's Founder Remember Ted Turner: He Changed the Media Industry Forever


Video: Ted Turner, Creator of CNN and the 24-Hour News Cycle, Dies at 87


CNN: Remembering the life and Legacy of Ted Turner Creator of CNN and the 24-Hour News Cycle


Ted Turner, 87, the media maverick and philanthropist who founded CNN, a pioneering 24-hour network that revolutionized television news, died peacefully Wednesday, surrounded by his family, according to a news release from Turner Enterprises




The Met Gala 2026

For aspiring young designers coming to New York City - or graduating from one of the city's fashion institutes - the Met Gala also represents something more - possibility. It is a reminder that fashion can be transformed into art, storytelling, and cultural influence on one of the world's biggest stages. Behind every famous designer once stood a student sketching ideas, sewing fabrics, and hoping for a breakthrough moment. Events like the Met Gala keep that dream alive for the next generation of creative talent.




May 4-8, 2026


Teaching is not an easy job in this timeline even with technology to help along the way. Today's teachers have to recognize students' special needs - intellectual and emotional - in an ever challenging society where education guidelines must parallel changing times. Additional challenges include dealing with budget, parents, and administration. It's never easy. This week we honor your service to the teaching profession in its many forms. Education = Evolution.




Astronomy in the News


Astronomy Index


Could the Universe's Hidden Shape Solve One of Physics' Biggest Mysteries?


Scientist accidentally finds shortcut to Mars that could slash travel time in half


After 100 Years, Scientists Uncover Hidden Rule Governing Cosmic Rays


NASA shuts down 49-year-old Voyager 1 instrument to keep it alive





Physics in the News


Physics


Physicists Propose Strange Experiment Where Time Goes Quantum


Scientists Uncover Hidden Property of Light That Twists Matter Sideways


Physicists have measured 'negative time' in the lab


'Negative Time' Really Does Exist, New Experiments Suggest


Scientists just created exotic new forms of matter that shouldn't exist





Diamonds in the News


Diamonds


Stretching Diamonds Unlocks Powerful New Quantum Sensing Abilities





Chemistry in the News


Chemistry ~ ~ Metallurgy ~ ~ Minerals


Chemistry-aware AI can generate millions of plausible new molecules


Scientists Finally Solved One of Water's Biggest Mysteries





Technology in the News


Artificial Intelligence ~ ~ Technology


Scientists Just Built a Quantum Battery That Charges Almost Instantly


AI is showing up in court cases, but only a human jury can grapple with the moral weight of assessing guilt


What does it mean to train an AI to speak like you?


When AI can't count - and what researchers are doing about it


MIT scientists finally reveal the hidden structure of a mysterious high-tech material


Scientists turn plastic waste into clean hydrogen fuel using sunlight


The da Vinci bloodline is unlocking the genius's genetic secrets. Leonardo da Vinci's DNA may soon be uncovered - unlocking the biology behind history's greatest genius





Robotics in the News


Robotics


Meet Moya: The World's First Biomimetic Robot That Can Bend, Smile and Holds Eye Contact With Chilling Human-Like Accuracy





May 6-12, 2026


International Nurses Week


2026 Theme: On Purpose: Let there be room for change and wonder.


Ends on May 12 - Florence Nightingale's birthday.


May 12, 1820 - August 13, 1910


Florence Nightingale Founder of modern nursing - Videos


Ignite the mind's spark to rise the sun in you.




Health in the News


Health Files ~ Alternative Healing


Magnesium Magic: New Drug Melts Fat Even on a High-Fat, High-Sugar Diet


Middle Age Is Becoming a Breaking Point in America, Study Reveals


Beyond Inflammation: Scientists Uncover New Cause of Persistent Rheumatoid Arthritis


Scientists Flip Immune System Switch, Uncover Surprising Path To Stop Gut Inflammation


Millions of People Have Osteopenia Without Realizing It. Osteopenia causes reduced bone density without symptoms, driven by aging, hormones, and lifestyle factors


Tourette's And OCD Overlap, And a Newly Discovered Brain Link May Explain Why


Scientists say travel could slow aging and boost your health


Researchers Identify the Most Common Recessive Neurodevelopmental Disorder Ever Discovered


This Is What Makes You Irresistible to Mosquitoes


A New Atlas Reveals Hidden Details of The Human Body Like Never Before





Brain in the News


Brain Index



Movement Triggers a Hidden 'Brain Cleaning' Mechanism, Study Shows. It could be triggering a kind of hydraulic pump that flushes out fluid in the brain


The brain may use dopamine to bend time and shape memory


MIT scientists discover millions of silent synapses in the adult brain


Estrogen in both the male and female brain shapes responses to trauma, study suggests


Many genes have been linked to autism - but a new study suggests it may be their path to the brain that matters


Your brain doesn't start blank - it starts overloaded, then sharpens itself by cutting away the excess





Evolution in the News


Evolution


Darwin's Islands Still Evolving: Giant Daisies Rewrite the Rules of Evolution


Evolution isn't random. Scientists find the same genes used for 120 million years


Malaria may have quietly steered human evolution by forcing our ancestors apart across Africa.





Planet Earth In the News


Planet Earth Index


Greenland ice melt has surged sixfold and scientists are alarmed


NASA Just Turned a Retired Boeing 777 Into the Largest Flying Lab Ever Built, Capable of Carrying 100 Scientists at Once to Study the Atmosphere


NASA Satellite Reveals Just How Fast Mexico City Is Sinking


Buried electrical pathways across the US reveal new clues about Earth's interior and power grid risks


Arctic winter sea-ice extent fails to expand and sets a new record low in 2026





Archaeology in the News


Archaeology


Hidden In The Mountains Of Colombia, Scientists Have Found 6,000-year-old Human Remains That Doesn't Match Any Known Population


Mysterious green rocks in Pyrenees cave hint that prehistoric people were working copper there for 4,000 years


Sudan: Ancient Document Confirms 'Legendary' African King Actually Existed


Centuries-old Christian Nubian murals inspire gorgeous fashion reconstructions


An ancient Egyptian mummy with an excerpt from the classic Greek text the Iliad plastered to its abdomen


Medieval jaw reveals Scotland's first known dental bridge made from 20-carat gold


Stone Age Mystery: DNA Reveals Ancient Population Wipeout in France


Why Did the Neanderthals Disappear? Scientists Reveal Humans Had a Hidden Advantage


Archaeologists Discover 80-Ton Stones Beneath the Sea, Believed to Be Remains of One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World


Fourni is a rocky archipelago not far from the Turkish coast. Within 13 Days Divers Found 22 Shipwrecks Hidden for Over 2,000 Years, Perfectly Preserved in a Remote Location





Paleontology in the News


Paleontology Index


80-Million-Year-Old Fish Fossil Reveals Secrets of Life's First Steps Onto Land


A forgotten fossil hidden inside a garden wall has turned out to be one of Australia's most remarkable prehistoric discoveries Arenaerpeton supinatus, the ancestor of today's Chinese Giant Salamander


The fluffy fossil that finally showed the world that birds are dinosaurs


Video: Archaeologists reveal secrets of prehistoric human-made island


Shockingly Powerful Giant Octopuses Ruled the Seas 100 Million Years Ago












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