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Feature
Story About
The Person Of The Week /
Ted
Turner
Innovator
and CEO - Originated the "superstation"
concept / Founder
of
Turner
Broadcasting System (TBS)
/
Turner
Enterprises (TEI) / Turner Enterprises /
Owner of Atlanta
Braves
/ TBS
acquires the NBA's Atlanta Hawks
/
Cable
News Network (CNN) is launched, the
world's first, live, in-depth,
round-the-clock news television
network.
Ted
Turner, His Lifetime Achievements, His
Endowment Fund, a man of his word.
Ted
Turner originated the "superstation"
concept / Founder
of
Turner
Broadcasting System (TBS)
/
Turner
Enterprises (TEI) / Turner Enterprises /
Owner of Atlanta
Braves
/ TBS
acquires the NBA's Atlanta Hawks
/
Cable
News Network (CNN) is launched, the
world's first, live, in-depth,
round-the-clock news television
network.
02
TED TURNER - TIMELINE
1938
- R.E.
"Ted" Turner was born in Cincinnati, Ohio,
on November 19, 1938. When he was nine
years old, his family moved to Savannah,
Georgia. Turner then attended the McCallie
School in Chattanooga,
Tennessee.
1948
to 1956 -
He
received a degree from Brown University,
where he was vice president of the
Debating Union and commodore of the Yacht
Club. In 1999, he was elected to Brown
University's board of
directors.
1963
- Becomes
President and COO of Turner Advertising
Company
1970
- In
1970, R. E. Turner, then head of a
successful Atlanta-based outdoor
advertising firm, purchased WJRJ-Atlanta,
Channel 17, a small, struggling UHF
station, and renamed it WTCG, for parent
company Turner Communications Group.
Through careful programming acquisitions,
Turner guided the station to success. In
December 1976, WTCG originated the
"superstation" concept, transmitting via
satellite to cable
systems
1970
- Turner
Broadcasting System (TBS)
launches
1976
- Turner
Enterprises (TEI) was created in 1976 to
manage Ted Turner's private landholdings.
The mission of Turner Enterprises is to
manage Turner lands in an economically
sustainable and ecologically sensitive
manner while promoting the conservation of
native species. TEI currently manages
approximately 2 million acres of Turner's
land in 14 states and in Argentina, as
well as Turner's bison herd, which numbers
more than 32,000 head. In March 2002,
Turner Enterprises named its first Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer.
1976
- TBS
purchases MLB's, Atlanta
Braves
1977
- He
is also a superior yachtsman, having won
national and world sailing titles,
including a successful defense of the 1977
America's Cup, the 1979 Fastnet Trophy and
four Yachtsman of the Year awards. In
October 1995, Turner accepted the Atlanta
Braves' first World Championship trophy on
behalf of the team. 2000 - In August 2000,
he was inducted into the Atlanta Braves
Hall of Fame.
1977
- TBS
acquires the NBA's Atlanta Hawks •
• Turner wins America's
Cup
1979
- In
1979, the company changed its name to
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS,
Inc.) and the call letters of its flagship
entertainment network to WTBS. In 1980,
the company broke new ground with the
launch of CNN, the first 24-hour all-news
network, forever changing the way the
world saw breaking news. Today, CNN
services reach nearly one billion people
around the
globe.
1980
- Launched
in September 1985, CNN International
serves as the company's global news
service and is distributed in more than
210 countries and territories
worldwide.
1980
- On
June 1, 1980, Turner inaugurated CNN, the
world's first, live, in-depth,
round-the-clock news television network. A
second all-news service, Headline News,
began operation on January 1, 1982,
offering updated newscasts every
half-hour.
1980
- Cable
News Network (CNN) is
launched
1982
- Headline
News begins operation • •
CNNRadio
launches
1985
- Turner
originated the Goodwill Games in 1985 as
an international, world-class,
quadrennial, multi-sport competition. The
inaugural Goodwill Games were held in July
1986 in Moscow and were followed by the
1990 Games in Seattle,
Washington,
1985
- CNN
International begins global news
service
1986
- In
1986, Turner made a generous bid to
purchase CBS but was unsuccessful. As a
consolation, Turner purchased
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / United Artists
instead. Turner has attempted many unique
ideas such as the "Checkout Channel",
which provided news and information to
people in supermarkets. This particular
service, however, was quite
short-lived.
1986
- In
March 1986, TBS acquired the MGM library
of film and television properties. This
library formed the initial programming
cornerstone of TNT, which was launched on
Oct. 3, 1988. Versions of TNT are
customized for Latin America and the
Caribbean, with programming available in
English, Spanish or Portuguese.
1986
- Ted
Turners is Featured in TVI Magazine -
"Colorization".
1986
- The
first Goodwill Games are held in
Moscow
1988
- Turner
Network Television (TNT)
launches
1991
-
In December 1991, Turner acquired the
rights, library and production facilities
of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons. Cartoon
Network, launched on October 1, 1992,
showcases the company's vast library of
cartoons and original productions. Cartoon
Network in Latin America was launched on
April 30, 1993, offering viewers in Latin
America and the Caribbean 24 hours of
cartoons in three languages. TNT &
Cartoon Network were launched in Europe on
September 17, 1993, offering classic films
and animation programming in seven
languages. TNT & Cartoon Network in
Asia Pacific, launched October 6, 1994,
provides programming in English, with some
programs dubbed or subtitled in Mandarin
and Thai.
1991
- Turner
has made his mark as one of the most
influential philanthropists in the US. He
directs most of his philanthropic
activities through Turner Foundation,
Inc., which was founded in 1991, Turner is
Chairman of Turner Foundation, Inc. (TFI),
which provides support for the following
efforts: 1) clean water and toxics
reduction; 2) clean air through improved
energy efficiency and renewables; 3)
wildlife habitat protection; and 4) the
development of equitable practices and
policies designed to reduce population
growth rates.
1991
- Turner
is the recipient of numerous honorary
degrees, industry awards and civic honors,
including being named Time magazine's 1991
Man of the Year and Cable and
Broadcasting's Man of the Century in 1999.
Turner was inducted into the Cable TV Hall
of Fame in 1999, and in June 2000 he
received the World Ecology Award from the
University of
Missouri.
1991
- Turner
Foundation is formed TBS acquires the
rights, library and production facilities
of Hanna Barbera Cartoons • •
Named Time Magazine "Man of the
Year"
1992
- CNN
Airport Network launches • •
Cartoon Network
launches
1993
- TNT
& Cartoon Network launch in
Europe
1994
- 1994
Games in St. Petersburg, Russia, the 1998
Games in New York City, the first winter
games in Lake Placid, New York in 2000,
and in 2001 the last of the Goodwill Games
were held in Brisbane,
Australia.
1994
- In
January 1994, Turner Broadcasting merged
with New Line Cinema. Films from New Line
and the combined Turner and Warner Bros.
library of film greats provide programming
for Turner Classic Movies (TCM), a 24-hour
commercial-free network launched in April
1994.
1994
- Turner
Classic Movies (TCM)
launches
1995
- CNN
Interactive
launches
1995
- On
September 22, 1995, Turner Broadcasting
System, Inc. announced plans to merge with
Time Warner Inc.
1996
- Mr.
Turner became Vice Chairman of Time Warner
in October 1996, with the merger of Time
Warner Inc. and Turner Broadcasting
System, Inc. Mr. Turner oversaw Time
Warner's Cable Networks division, which
included the assets of Turner Broadcasting
System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.), the CNN
Newsgroup, as well as Home Box Office,
Cinemax, and the company's interests in
Comedy Central and Court TV. He also
oversaw New Line Cinema and the company's
professional sports teams-the Atlanta
Braves, Atlanta Hawks and Atlanta
Thrashers.
1996
- Time
Warner Inc. and Turner Broadcasting
System, Inc. merges • • CNNSI
launches
1997
- the
United Nations Foundation, which was
created in 1997,
and
1997
- Turner
Broadcasting continued to expand its news
division with the creation of CNNRadio and
CNN Airport Network, which provides
programming for airline travelers in 29
U.S. airports, and CNN Interactive, the
division responsible for
multimedia/on-line news production and
distribution. CNN en Español, which
was launched on March 17, 1997, offers
24-hour Spanish-language news to viewers
throughout the
Americas.
1997
- CNN
en Español launches • •
United Nations Foundation
created
1998
- In
1998, he was considering a run for
American
presidency.
In
January 2001, he became Vice Chairman of
AOL Time Warner, a position from which he
served until May
2003.
2001
- January
10, 2000, Time Warner announced plans to
merge with AOL as AOL Time Warner. This
merger closed January 11, 2001.
2001
- On
January 29, 2003, AOL Time Warner
announced that Ted Turner would resign as
a vice chairman.
2001
- In
June 2001, Turner announced the creation
of two independent film production
companies based in Atlanta, Ted Turner
Pictures and Ted Turner Documentaries.
Gods and Generals was Ted Turner Pictures'
first theatrical release. Ted Turner
Documentaries is currently in production
on an eight-hour documentary series,
Avoiding Armageddon, about weapons of mass
destruction that aired on PBS stations in
April 2003.
2001
- the
Nuclear Threat Initiative, which was
launched in January
2001.
2001
-
Time Warner merges with AOL. Nuclear
Threat Initiative (NTI) launches •
• Ted Turner Pictures and Ted Turner
Documentaries are
created
2001
- Mr.
Turner becomes one of America's largest
private landowners, owning approximately
two million acres. He also has the largest
private bison herd in the world, with
32,000 head.
2002
- In
January 2002, Turner opened the first
Ted's Montana Grill in Columbus, Ohio with
his partner, George W. McKerrow Jr.,
founder of the Longhorn Steakhouse chain
and several other successful restaurants.
Ted's Montana Grill offers classic
American comfort food, including bison or
beef burgers, in an authentic Montana bar
and grill
atmosphere,
specializing in burgers made from fresh
ground bison meat.
2002
- Ted
Turner and restaurateur George McKerrow,
Jr., founder of Longhorn Steakhouse,
launched Ted's Montana Grill (TMG) in
January 2002, an upscale Montana-style
burger bar specializing in bison. TMG
offers comfort food for the 21st century
and introduces consumers to the many
health benefits of eating bison. The first
Ted's Montana Grill opened in Columbus,
Ohio, and five more restaurants have since
opened in Atlanta, Nashville and Denver.
There are plans to develop approximately
40 restaurants over the next few
years.
2002
- Turner
opens the first Ted's Montana Grill in
Columbus, Ohio 1938 - Turner was born in
Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 19, 1938.
When he was nine years old, his family
moved to Savannah, Georgia. Turner then
attended the McCallie School in
Chattanooga, Tennessee.
03.
Ted
Turner Foundation
Founded
in 1990 by Ted Turner, Turner Foundation,
Inc. (the "Foundation") is a private,
independent family foundation committed to
preventing damage to the natural systems -
water, air, and land - on which all life
depends.
• •
The
Foundation makes grants in the areas of
the environment and population and focuses
on four main
components:
•
• Safeguarding
Habitat
The
goal of this program is to protect
terrestrial and marine habitats and
wildlife critical for the preservation of
biodiversity. Focus is placed on
protecting functioning ecosystems,
including core, intact habitats, buffer
zones and wildlife
corridors.
•
• Growing
the
Movement
The
goal of this program is to engage,
organize and empower new constituencies in
order to ensure the future protection of
our environment. This initiative helps
stimulate progress in all areas of funding
- Safeguarding Habitat; Creating Solutions
for Sustainable Living; and Healthy
Communities, Healthy
Planet.
•
• Creating
Solutions for Sustainable
Living
The
goal of this program is to modify patterns
of consumption and to halt further
degradation of our natural resources by
addressing the environmental impacts of
our personal, institutional and community
choices. This initiative will help foster
sustainable policies and practices. Issues
may include clean energy, transportation
and fuel alternatives, recycling, forest
certification efforts, water consumption
and conservation, groundwater depletion
and human
population.
The
Foundation - A Healthy Planet, Healthy
Communities
The
goal of this program is to restore or
mitigate the effects of non-sustainable
practices in order to enrich our quality
of life and the health of our future
communities and planet. Issues may include
clean air; clean water; greenspace for
community benefit; and environmental
health and
justice.
• •
The
Turner Foundation will annually select
priority issues within the above program
areas in order to make the greatest impact
with our financial resources. Priority
issues will be determined by the Trustees
in an ongoing effort to best address the
most timely and relevant
needs.
•
• Turner
has made his mark as one of the most
influential philanthropists in the US. He
directs most of his philanthropic
activities through Turner Foundation,
Inc., which was founded in 1991, the
United Nations Foundation, which was
created in 1997, and the Nuclear Threat
Initiative, which was launched in January
2001.
• •
Turner
is Chairman of Turner Foundation, Inc.
(TFI), which provides support for the
following efforts: 1) clean water and
toxics reduction; 2) clean air through
improved energy efficiency and renewables;
3) wildlife habitat protection; and 4) the
development of equitable practices and
policies designed to reduce population
growth rates.
• •
TFI
has made grants to hundreds of
organizations including: Advocates for
Youth, Alliance for Affordable Energy,
American Bird Conservancy, Coosa River
Basin Initiative, Global Green USA,
Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy
Prevention, Montana Land Reliance,
National Audubon Society, National Public
Radio, National Safe Energy Communications
Council, Pacific Rivers Council, Planned
Parenthood Federation of America, Sierra
Club Foundation, Union of Concerned
Scientists, Upper Chattahoochee
Riverkeeper, and the World Watch
Institute. In addition, the Turner
Community Youth Development Initiative
provides support for locally designed
youth development programs in 30 rural
communities near Turner's
properties.
• •
The
Turner Endangered Species Fund is a core
grantee of the Turner Foundation, which
works to conserve biodiversity by
emphasizing efforts on private land,
particularly on the Turner properties.
Endangered species, which have been
reintroduced or restored, include
black-footed ferrets, condors, desert
bighorn sheep, prairie dogs, Mexican
wolves, red-cockaded woodpeckers and West
Slope cutthroat
trout.
• •
In
September 1997, Turner announced his
historic pledge of up to $1 billion to the
United Nations Foundation (UNF). To date,
the organization has awarded grants in
support of the goals and objectives of the
United Nations to promote a more peaceful,
prosperous and just world. UNF has
identified four core priorities: women and
population; children's health; the
environment; and peace and
security.
• •
In
early 2001, Turner launched the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (NTI), a foundation he
co-chairs with former Senator Sam Nunn.
NTI is working to close the growing and
increasingly dangerous gap between the
threat from nuclear, chemical and
biological weapons and the global
response.
• •
The
Initiative is a place of common ground
where people with different ideological
views can work together to make real and
significant progress to reduce the risk of
use and prevent the spread of weapons of
mass destruction. NTI is committed to
increasing public awareness, encouraging
dialogue, catalyzing action and promoting
new thinking about reducing the danger
from nuclear, chemical and biological
weapons on a global basis.
More
About Ted
Turner
/ the
Philanthropist
ByLines:
Editors NoteIt
was Al Preiss, co-founder of TVI Magazine
with Sam Donaldson, who told me to watch
out for Ted Turner - "he was the man that
had some big ideas for Hollywood," -- Al
was right, He did! You can read in todays
news about MGM growth, selling for over 8
billion dollars, and the things he has
created for Times-Warner, and even visit
the CNN towers that sits on the corner of
Sunset and Gower.
You
can see the Ted Turner article we featured
in 1987, "The Future of Colorization" -
Josie Cory
•
• Turner also enjoys several outdoor
sports, especially hunting and
fishing.
•
• In
addition to being one of the richest men
in the world, he owns the Cable New
Network, Turner Network television, the
Atlanta Braves and Hawks, is a champion
yachtsman and, up until his recent
separation, was married to fitness guru
and actress Jane Fonda.
• • Turner,
however, has seen his fair share of hard
times. Born Robert Edward Turner III in
Cincinnati, Ohio, Turner was faced with
his father's suicide at the tender age of
24. Turner was known early on for his
eccentric behavior. "Terrible Ted", as
they used to call him, grew grass in his
dorm while in school and had a particular
interest in taxidermy.
• • He
was expelled from school after getting
caught with a female companion in his
private quarters. Other monikers Turner
developed include "The Mouth of the South"
and "Captain Outrageous", and Turner even
arrived to collect his America's Cup prize
drunk.
• • Corporate
History
• • In
1970, R. E. Turner, then head of a
successful Atlanta-based outdoor
advertising firm, purchased WJRJ-Atlanta,
Channel 17, a small, struggling UHF
station, and renamed it WTCG, for parent
company Turner Communications Group.
Through careful programming acquisitions,
Turner guided the station to success. In
December 1976, WTCG originated the
"superstation" concept, transmitting via
satellite to cable
systems
• • In
1979, the company changed its name to
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS,
Inc.) and the call letters of its flagship
entertainment network to WTBS. In 1980,
the company broke new ground with the
launch of CNN, the first 24-hour all-news
network, forever changing the way the
world saw breaking news. Today, CNN
services reach nearly one billion people
around the globe.
• • TBS,
Inc. has grown at a phenomenal pace and
now consists of the following networks and
businesses: TBS, Turner Network Television
(TNT), Cartoon Network, Turner Classic
Movies (TCM), Turner South, Boomerang, TNT
Europe, Cartoon Network Europe, TNT Latin
America, Cartoon Network Latin America,
TNT & Cartoon Network/Asia Pacific,
Atlanta Braves, Cartoon Network Japan,
Cable News Network (CNN), CNN Headline
News, CNN International, CNNfn, CNN en
Espanol, CNN Airport Network, CNN en
Espanol Radio, CNN.com, CNN Newsource,
CNN+, and CNN Turk.
• • TBS,
Inc. is the leading provider of
programming for the basic cable industry,
and employs more than 8,000 people
worldwide. Philip I. Kent oversees TBS,
Inc. as chairman and chief executive
officer.
• • It
is a frequently forgotten fact that Ted
Turner was the skipper of the boat,
Courageous, that won the America's Cup in
1977, the most prestigious event in
yachting.
• • Turner
is the media mogul that pioneered the
notion of TV "super-station" broadcasting
to cable systems nationwide by means of
satellite. The system, later dubbed TBS
(Turner Broadcasting Station), entered
over 160 million homes in approximately
200 countries and in nearly 40 languages.
When TBS "fused" with Time Warner, Turner
became Time Warner's largest shareholder
with 10% of the company. Time Warner is
widely known as the largest entertainment
company in the world.
• • Turner
gobbled up the local Atlanta Braves and
Atlanta Hawks, and aired a variety of
other old movies on another station, as
well as Cable News Network (CNN). CNN made
huge strides while covering the 1981
Reagan assassination attempt, 1986 Space
shuttle disaster and the Iraqi missile
crisis, which placed reporters in the
direct line of fire. Time and time again,
CNN reports were, and still are, always
the first ones on the
scene.
• • In
1986, Turner made a generous bid to
purchase CBS but was unsuccessful. As a
consolation, Turner purchased
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / United Artists
instead. Turner has attempted many unique
ideas such as the "Checkout Channel",
which provided news and information to
people in supermarkets. This particular
service, however, was quite
short-lived.
• • Turner
is one of the few billionaires to realize
the absolute significance of giving to
those in need. He founded the Turner
Foundation to support environmental causes
and donated $1 billion to the United
Nations. "All the money is in the hands of
these few rich people and none of them
give any money away," he said in an
interview, "It's dangerous for them and
the country."
• • Turner
has had three unsuccessful marriages and
has five children. His wife, Jane Fonda,
has also had three failed marriages and
has three children from her earlier
marriages. Turner and Fonda have several
residences, including a 7,000-acre mansion
in Montana, where they raise bison and
fly-fish for trout.
• • In
1998, he was considering a run for
American presidency and said, "I am very
serious about running for president, but
Jane doesn't want me to do it."
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