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Ted Turner’s eerie CNN 'doomsday video' — only to be aired when the world ends — resurfaces after media mogul’s death

Ted Turner made sure CNN would never go quietly. The late media mogul — who died Wednesday at 87 — secretly commissioned a chilling “doomsday video” decades ago that was meant to air only when the ...
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At Ted Turner tribute, CNN journalists vow to uphold independence in uncertain times

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Speakers from TNT Sports, Turner Classic Movies and CNN recognized Ted Turner's tremendous impact on the media industry during a ...

The unlikely rise of billionaire Ted Turner, who was expelled from Brown University and served in the military before launching his media empire

"The Mouth of the South" overcame an Ivy League expulsion, military service and his father's suicide to revolutionize cable television and reshape global philanthropy.
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In creating CNN, Ted Turner changed the way we saw the world | The Excerpt

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the Wednesday, May 13, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, passed away last week at the age ...
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CNN founder Ted Turner, a pioneer of cable TV news, dies at 87

(CNN) — Ted Turner, the media maverick and philanthropist who founded CNN, a pioneering 24-hour network that revolutionized television news, died peacefully Wednesday, surrounded by his family, ...
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Ted Turner, CNN founder, business maverick and ‘Mouth of the South,’ dies at 87

The swashbuckling Atlanta entrepreneur Ted Turner told TV interviewer Charlie Rose in 2004, “I had one of the most incredible runs in human history.” But in quieter moments, he wondered if he had ...
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CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies at 87: Check His Net Worth, Properties, Fortune & More

Media mogul Ted Turner, founder of CNN, died at 87. His $2.8 billion fortune, vast media empire, philanthropy and global ...
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CNN founder Ted Turner dies

NEW YORK (AP) — Ted Turner could never be defined by just one role. He was a media mogul, philanthropist and conservationist. A yachtsman who won boating’s most famous race and a baseball owner who ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Ted Turner's Biggest Scandals Exposed — From 'Racist' and Hitler Gags to Crazed Office Naked Stunt

Ted Turner's long career as the swaggering architect of CNN was repeatedly overshadowed by scandals, which turned the self-styled "Mouth of the South" into one of America's most controversial media ...

CNN Journalists, Execs Defiant at Ted Turner Event, Say Founder Would ‘Be the First to Speak Up’ Against Media Mergers

CNN journalists, executives and luminaries past and present gathered Wednesday in Atlanta to honor the legacy of founder Ted Turner, whose grandson said he would be "the first to speak up" against the ...
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Ted Turner’s eerie CNN ‘doomsday video’ — only to be aired when the world ends — resurfaces after media mogul’s death

Ted Turner made sure CNN would never go quietly. The late media mogul — who died Wednesday at 87 — secretly commissioned a chilling “doomsday video” decades ago that was meant to air only when the ...
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CNN founder Ted Turner dies

: [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION May 8, 2026: A previous version of this story incorrectly said that an audio clip of Ted Turner was from a BBC interview. Turner was speaking to Piers Morgan when he was ...