Ted Turner
Chronology
1938 | Born November 19 in Cincinnati, Ohio |
1976 | Starts TV "SuperStation" concept, transmitting by satellite from WTBS in Atlanta to cable systems nationwide. |
1977 | Wins America's Cup match, world's top sailboat competition. |
1980 | Founded Cable News Network, the first 24-hour, all-news network, through his company, Turner Broadcasting System. |
1985 | Makes unsuccessful $5 billion bid for CBS |
1986 | Buys MGM's prized film library from Kirk Kerkorian for about |
$1.5 billion, providing raw material for Superstation TBS. | |
1986 | Stages Goodwill Games, Olympic-style competition between communist and capitalist countries, that continue in 1990, 1994 and 1998 in New York |
1991 | Purchases Hanna-Barbera cartoon library, which consists of 8,500 espisodes of such cartoon classics as the Flintstones and Yogi Bear, providing basis for 24-hour cartoon network |
1991 | Marries actress and fitness guru Jane Fonda on December 21; his third marriage |
1996 | Sells TBS to Time Warner Inc. for $7.6 billion and becomes vice chairman and a company director of the media conglomerate. |
2000 | Contributes $34 million to United states to help reduce U.S. dues to international body. |
2000 | Turner and Fonda announce separation; divorce becomes final in 2001 |
2002 | Instrumental in ouster of CEO Steve Case as chairman of AOL Time Warner |
2003 | Announces resignation as AOL Time Warner Inc. vice chairman, effective May 2003 |
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