Ted Turner
It's Good to Give, Says Billionaire
It's good to give, says CNN founder Ted Turner, one of the planet's biggest philanthropists, but don't forget to keep a tidy sum for that rainy day.
Drop the 'perverts', Turner Tells Cnn
CNN's founder, Ted Turner, has accused the news channel of dumbing down by devoting too much airtime to what he termed "pervert of the day" at the expense of serious news.
Turner fears risk-takers will be turned off
Ted Turner, the maverick media chief, said at the weekend it would have been "virtually impossible" to launch CNN more than two decades ago if ownership laws in the industry had been relaxed to the extent now being proposed.
AOL should be dumped, says Turner
AOL Time Warner's biggest shareholder Ted Turner has reignited the debate over the future of the world's biggest media company after saying the company might be better off without its troubled internet division, America Online.
How I Lost $8bn, By Ted Turner
Mouth of the south goes public on the merger that wiped out a fortune, the day he spanked his father and his most embarrassing gaffe.
Poof! goes $6.4bn of Ted Turner's fortune
Losing an estimated $6.4bn of an $8bn fortune in the stock market plunge might make most philanthropists tighten their purse-strings. But Ted Turner, though he admits to being "crushed" by the change in his fortunes, insists he will see through to the end his historic $1bn donation to the UN.
Ted Turner pays for nuclear swoop
Enough uranium to make more than two nuclear bombs was spirited out of a Belgrade research institute this week in a dramatic anti-terrorism operation by Russia and the US, paid for with millions of dollars from the media tycoon and philanthropist Ted Turner.
Israelis Threaten to Drop Cnn After Turner Comment
Israelis yesterday began to take punitive action against the US global television network CNN, whose founder, Ted Turner, accused the country of engaging in terrorism. One of Israel's biggest satellite companies, Yes, bowed to the furore Mr Turner's remarks created by allowing in CNN's...
CNN Chief Accuses Israel of Terror
Ted Turner, the billionaire founder of CNN, accuses Israel today of engaging in "terrorism" against the Palestinians, in comments that threaten to lead to a further decline in the news network's already poor relations with the Jewish state. "Aren't the Israelis and the Palestinians both...
Ted Turner, the maverick media chief, said at the weekend it would have been "virtually impossible" to launch CNN more than two decades ago if ownership laws in the industry had been relaxed to the extent now being proposed.
AOL should be dumped, says Turner
AOL Time Warner's biggest shareholder Ted Turner has reignited the debate over the future of the world's biggest media company after saying the company might be better off without its troubled internet division, America Online.
How I Lost $8bn, By Ted Turner
Mouth of the south goes public on the merger that wiped out a fortune, the day he spanked his father and his most embarrassing gaffe.
Poof! goes $6.4bn of Ted Turner's fortune
Losing an estimated $6.4bn of an $8bn fortune in the stock market plunge might make most philanthropists tighten their purse-strings. But Ted Turner, though he admits to being "crushed" by the change in his fortunes, insists he will see through to the end his historic $1bn donation to the UN.
Ted Turner pays for nuclear swoop
Enough uranium to make more than two nuclear bombs was spirited out of a Belgrade research institute this week in a dramatic anti-terrorism operation by Russia and the US, paid for with millions of dollars from the media tycoon and philanthropist Ted Turner.
Israelis Threaten to Drop Cnn After Turner Comment
Israelis yesterday began to take punitive action against the US global television network CNN, whose founder, Ted Turner, accused the country of engaging in terrorism. One of Israel's biggest satellite companies, Yes, bowed to the furore Mr Turner's remarks created by allowing in CNN's...
CNN Chief Accuses Israel of Terror
Ted Turner, the billionaire founder of CNN, accuses Israel today of engaging in "terrorism" against the Palestinians, in comments that threaten to lead to a further decline in the news network's already poor relations with the Jewish state. "Aren't the Israelis and the Palestinians both...