The late founder of CNN on how government protects big media—and shuts out upstarts like him.
Ted Turner
Ted Turner is founder of CNN and chairman of Turner Enterprises.
Posted inEconomy, July/August 2004, Magazine, The Monopolized Economy
My Beef With Big Media
How government protects big media — and shuts out upstarts like me.
Posted inMagazine
My Beef With Big Media
When I moved to buy a second station in Charlotte–this one worse than the first–my accountant quit in protest, and the company’s board vetoed the deal. So I mortgaged my house and bought it myself. The Atlanta purchase turned into the Superstation; the Charlotte purchase–when I sold it 10 years later–gave me the capital to […]
