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Feature
Story 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.
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.
•
• 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.
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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.
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ByLines:
Editors Note
It
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."
More
About Ted
Turner
/ the
Philanthropist
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