If that business is a subsidiary which has considerably more independence then the title might be known as Chairman and CEO ( for example, Philip I. Kent of Turner Broadcasting System in Time Warner ).

Cable TV companies, like John Malone's Tele-Communications Inc., were also favorite clients, as were Ted Turner's maverick Turner Broadcasting, cellphone pioneer Craig McCaw, and casino entrepreneur Steve Wynn.

Purchase of an Atlanta UHF station in 1970 began the Turner Broadcasting System.

In 1978, Turner struck a deal with a student-operated radio station at MIT, Technology Broadcasting System to obtain the rights to the WTBS call sign for $ 50, 000.

This allowed Turner to strengthen the branding of his " Super-Station " using the acronym TBS ; Turner Communications Group was renamed Turner Broadcasting System and WTCG was renamed as WTBS.

In 1993, Turner and Russian journalist Eduard Sagalajev founded The Moscow Independent Broadcasting Corporation.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. merged with Time Warner, Inc. on October 10, 1996, with Turner as vice chairman and head of Time Warner and Turner's cable networks division.

Five years later, Turner Broadcasting System, having failed to buy MGM, settled for ownership of the MGM / UA library.

In 1991, Turner Broadcasting System bought animation studio Hanna-Barbera Productions, and much of the back catalog of both Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears Productions from Great American Broadcasting, and three years later, Turner bought New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment.

In 1996, Time Warner bought Turner Broadcasting System, and as a result, the pre-1950 sound films and the pre-August 1948 cartoon library ( excluding the B & W Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies which WB bought back as it merged with Seven Arts but including the Harman-Ising Merrie Melodies, save Lady, Play Your Mandolin!

A subsidiary of the Turner Broadcasting System ( an arm of the Time Warner media conglomerate ), Cartoon Network Studios focuses on producing and developing animated programs for Cartoon Network.

In 1996, Turner's company, Turner Broadcasting System ( whose Turner Entertainment division oversaw the film library ), was purchased by Time Warner who also owned Warner Bros .. Today, Warner Home Video holds the video rights to the entire Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies animated output by virtue of Time Warner's ownership of Turner Entertainment — this is why their Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD box sets include cartoons from both the pre-8 / 48 Turner-owned and post-7 / 48 Warner Bros. owned periods.

Starting in 1960, the cartoons were repackaged into several different TV programs that remained popular for several decades before being purchased by Turner Broadcasting Systems.

CNN is owned by parent company Time Warner, and the U. S. news channel is a division of the Turner Broadcasting System.

The channel's success made a bona-fide mogul of founder Ted Turner and set the stage for the Time Warner conglomerate's eventual acquisition of Turner Broadcasting.

This television channel, that launched on April 18, 1998, was aimed at children ages 6 – 12 ; the network's main competition were Turner Broadcasting / Time Warner's Cartoon Network and Boomerang, and Viacom / MTV Networks ' Nicktoons.

* YourChild: Turner Syndrome: University of Michigan Health System

Turner Network Television ( TNT ) is an American cable television channel created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner that airs a variety of shows, with a focus on dramatic programming.

In 1991, Turner Broadcasting System bought the company and its library.

Great American wanted out of the entertainment business, and Hanna-Barbera was sold to the Turner Broadcasting System in 1991.

* Ted Turner ( born 1938 ), American media mogul and founder of Turner Broadcasting System

American media mogul Ted Turner bought the rights to the Doraemon anime series in the mid-1980s for an English-language release, but canceled it without explanation before any episodes were aired.

* 1997 – United States media magnate Ted Turner donates USD 1 billion to the United Nations.

Robert Edward " Ted " Turner III ( born November 19, 1938 ) is an American media mogul and philanthropist.

In 1991, Turner became the first media figure to be named Time magazine's Man of the Year.

Turner claims to have predicted the demise of newspapers 30 years ago and has called print journalism “ an obsolete way of distributing information .” Ted Turner also became more critical of media consolidation around 2004.

In July 1999, the Stuckists were first mentioned in the media, in an article in The Evening Standard and soon gained other coverage, helped by press interest in Tracey Emin, who had been nominated for the Turner Prize.

The Stuckists gained significant media coverage for eight years of protests ( 2000-2006 and 2008 ) outside Tate Britain against the Turner Prize, sometimes dressed as clowns.

Cable News Network ( CNN ) is a U. S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by American media mogul and philanthropist Ted Turner.

This is best seen in the " Billionaire Ted " parodies of early 1996 ( a reference to WCW's owner and patron, media mogul Ted Turner ) which culminated in a " rasslin '" match during the warm-up to WrestleMania XII.

In the third season Turner introduces his friend Eli, who becomes the media arts teacher.

Then, in 1986, media mogul Ted Turner purchased MGM / UA.

The media success of the Turner Prize contributed to the success of ( and was in turn helped by ) the late 1990s phenomena of Young British Artists ( several of whom were nominees and winners ), Cool Britannia, and exhibitions such as the Charles Saatchi-sponsored Sensation exhibition.

Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond of the K Foundation received media coverage for the award of the " Anti-Turner Prize ", £ 40, 000 to be given to the " worst artist in Britain ", voted from the real Turner Prize's short-list.

* The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as media mogul Ted Turner skippers Courageous to victory over challenger Australia, of the Sun City Yacht Club, 4 races to 0

A coroner's inquest brought considerable media attention to Turner and concluded that Crane had acted in self defense.

Prominent NFL alumni include Senators Russ Feingold, Richard Lugar and William Frist, media visionary Ted Turner, Academy Award winners Patricia Neal and Don Ameche, Emmy award winners Kelsey Grammer and Shelley Long, television host Oprah Winfrey, news anchors Jane Pauley and the late David Bloom, C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Federal National Mortgage CEO Franklin Delano Raines, actors Brad Pitt and Zac Efron, and musician David Cook.

However, it was not until November 21, 1988 that an actual NWA-affiliated promotion called World Championship Wrestling appeared on the national scene, under the ownership of media mogul Ted Turner, based in Atlanta, Georgia.

The story starts soon after the federal government has confiscated all civilian firearms in the country under the fictional Cohen Act, and the Organization to which Turner and his cohorts belong goes underground and engages in guerrilla war against the System, which is depicted as the totality of the government, media, and economy that is under left-wing Jewish control.

Turner Entertainment, the holding company for Turner's film library, would later be sold to Time Warner.

During the Vietnam War Era, Turner ’ s business prospered ; it “ had virtual monopolies in Savannah, Macon, Columbus, and Charleston ” and was “ the largest outdoor advertising company in the Southeast ,” according to " It Ain ’ t As Easy As It Looks ".

The book observed that Turner “ discovered his father had sheltered a substantial amount of taxable income over the years by personally lending it back to the company ” and “ discovered that the billboard business could be a gold mine, a tax-depreciable revenue stream that threw off enormous amounts of cash with almost no capital investment .” In the late 1960s, Turner used the profits to buy Southern radio stations.

In contrast to Levin who as CEO isolated Turner from important company matters, Parsons did invite Turner back to provide strategic advice although Turner never received an operational role that he sought.

Paul Turner began the company with five staff members in July 1970, the official opening happening at the Menzies Hotel, Sydney on 1 October 1970.

Without any financial backers, Turner soon fell into debt and sold back most of MGM, but kept the library for his own company, Turner Entertainment.

However, the Great Depression took its toll on the company, and it was sold to an English concern, Turner & Newhall, in 1934.

In early 1973, James Williamson was briefly fired due to pressure from the band's management company ; guitarist Tornado Turner replaced him for a single gig, but Williamson soon returned to the group.

Though married four times, Louis discreetly enjoyed the company of both African-American and European-American women, including Lena Horne, Sonja Henie and Lana Turner.

Highlander Designs went bankrupt and was bought by Brittannia Game Designs Ltd. ( BGD ), a company based in England and directed by Steve Turner.

Sam Phillips ' Sun Records company recorded musicians such as Howlin ' Wolf ( before he moved to Chicago ), Willie Nix, Ike Turner, and B. B. King.

** The 1976 Sidney Lumet film Network is owned by both MGM and Turner, since the film was a joint production between the former company and UA prior to the merger.

Ike Turner would later claimed that he signed this under his will since he was heavily addicted to crack at the time and accepted a $ 50, 000 payment, waiving the right to sue the film company for their portrayal of him in the film.

Silvestri withdrew Top Cow from Image in 1996 ( although he retained his partnership in the company ), protesting that Liefeld was recruiting artists from his studio, including the highly popular Michael Turner ( Witchblade ).