Ted Turner Quotes


Newspapers are technologically obsolete. In the days of instant electronic communications, its crazy to have to print these newspapers at a central plant and deliver them by truck. They're the biggest problem with our solid-waste disposal. And the news you get is a day old. You can get it off the Internet instantaneously for a fraction of the cost.


Citations

Turner, Ted, and Bill Burke. Call Me Ted. Grand Central Publishing, 2008.

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Ted Turner
Ted Turner
  • Born: November 19, 1938
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Entrepreneur, Television Producer, Media Proprietor, Philanthropist

Robert Edward Turner III is an American media proprietor, producer, and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the Cable News Network (CNN), the first 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television, which later became TBS.