Ted Turner, Cable Television Pioneer and CNN Founder, Dies at 87

the groundbreaking media entrepreneur who transformed modern television and founded the world’s first 24-hour cable news network, has died at the age of 87.

Turner’s influence on the media industry reshaped how millions of people consumed news, sports, and entertainment. Best known as the founder of  Turner revolutionized broadcast journalism by introducing around-the-clock news coverage, a concept many critics initially doubted would succeed.