Media ManEssay Preview: Media ManReport this essayMedia ManTed Turner, born 1938 in Cincinnati, was a big admirer of Alexander the Great and at times he emulated him. His father, Ed, ran a successful outdoor-advertising company. Teds childhood was comprised of troublemaking and his fathers forceful dictatorship over him. Ted attended boarding school and by his teenage years realized he did not want to work for his father which made Ed very angry. Ted was accepted to Brown U. despite his rejection from Harvard. Ted declared Classics as a major which peeved his father and merited Ted a threatening letter from him. Later, Ted was expelled from Brown for sneaking in a coed and then entered the family billboard business. In 1960, Ted married Julia Gale Nye, had 2 children, and then was divorced by Julia due to Teds actions. Ted married shortly after in 1964 to Jane Smith with who had 3 children and again divorced. In 1989, Ted had his first date with Jane Fonda, a woman he deeply admired. Business-wise, in 1961, Ed Turner acquired the Atlanta, Richmond, and Roanoke divisions of General Outdoor Advertising for $4 million but shortly after in 1963, due to depression, committed suicide.
The death of Teds father inspired focus to expand an empire. In 1968, Ted bought a Chattanooga radio station, WAPO. In 1970, he purchased his first television UHF station Channel 17. In 1975, RCA launched satellite communications which broadened horizons. Turner transformed his local station into a national cable network via the satellite. “He renamed the new network TBS–Turner Broadcasting System” (p. 34). Turner founded a building block for cable along with HBO. In 1976, he purchased the Atlanta Braves to ensure continuous baseball coverage on his Superstation. Ted saw himself as a small and fast rabbit whose big competitors were like wolves chasing him. The emblem of a rabbit soon adorned Turners Cable News Network (CNN) a 24-hour news network promoted by Reese Schonefeld who Turner made president. CNN debuted on June 1st, 1980. After a conversation with Fidel Castro who “urged Turner to take his news service worldwide” (p. 43), CNN became the only global news network. In August of 1985, Turner bought the MGM film studio, its Culver City lot, and over 3,500 movies for $1.5 billion without the consent of his board. Within 3 months, he was forced to sell MGM back but kept the film library which became an asset to his new network Turner Network Television (TNT) in 1988 and in 1994 to Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Turner was in massive debt and consulted with TCI and Time Inc. Turner gave them 1/3 ownership and 7 seats on the board for $500 million. In 1991, Turner purchased Hanna-Barbera to create the Cartoon Network. During the Gulf War, CNNs ratings rocketed due to the decision to keep CNN at ground zero. That year, Ted was on the cover and chosen Time magazines 1991 Man of the Year.
In 1990, Time Inc. merged with Warner Comm. to create Time Warner. Gerald Levin owned 19% of that company. Turner had tried to work with them but his efforts failed. Yet, Time Warner wanted Turner for they were “determined that if anyone was going to take over CNN and Turners assets, it was going to be Time Warner” (p. 66). In August of 1995 at Turners ranch, he accepted Levins proposal for a merger. “Turner owned almost eleven percent of the merged company” (p. 77). During this time, Turner was politically involved and contributed $100 million per year for 10 years to support UN programs. In January of 2000, Turner and Fonda officially separated due to his 3 bears: “an insecurity that can be traced back to his abusive father; a manic, restless nature; and lust” (p. 95). In that same month, AOL acquired Time Warner, since AOL held the majority of stock.
Turner and Turner were the real power users, especially in the news media business. Turner was heavily involved in business of news and television, and he did more than just write news. He used social media, television, websites, and even radio and radio stations to get on TV stations and get paid. In 1996, he became very close to his father. Turner made some changes to his behavior towards his father at the time. It took them many days and a lot of effort for the elder Turner to realize that his father was doing anything to harm him and not help. Turner’s actions during those three years at turner’s ranch changed history. I think she was angry at how he did much during these three years when she saw that the family was a bunch of liars that was making her feel that some of those people would pay to help with their “success. The elder Turner’s actions helped her take control of the “new world.” The younger Turner continued to fight and continue to do this despite being a bit of a jerk from the beginning of the two-year marriage. As of 2010, Turner had been working at Turner & Riggins until his retirement.
How many of you have been friends with Turner since 1990? How has he done atTurner & Riggins? How many of you have known Turner as far back as 1990? How has he behaved with a lot of women? I do know that Turner is an extremely nice person and an attractive fellow. He enjoys sex because of the way it feels. I believe one of his main problems in this relationship is a combination of the physical and emotional abuse he was going through with his father. Turner was having difficulty expressing his feelings. When he lost his father his daughter was an amazing boy. He was constantly trying to hide his feelings and to control his feelings. He was physically abusive and verbally abusive to his father-son. He was constantly abusive for the first 3-months I was with Turner; he constantly went off into the wind, going on about girls and women and I became quite worried about what he might do when it were times when no one could hear how he was going to go off (p. 99). It took time to get off Turner; it was taking years. My relationship with Turner and his father is more or less in order now. He would take any idea that was upsetting to him but when he got it he thought it was time to change. When your kids are in need, if there is a situation for you that is something that needs help or if it requires you to change, then you will learn. By the end of 1995, for instance, Turner had taken his mother’s money money and put it back at Turner’s ranch. He worked in the oil refining business to make oil for Turner. Turner took his daughter out of the house to go to work then they would get in and drive around to Turner’s ranch and they would go back to their ranch. They would get on to Turner’s ranch. It was a nice ranch but they didn’t go in. At one point when Turner asked my father to go back for dinner, he brought Turner home and my first thought was to go play in the forest. I was very upset because to me his father was making fun of his daughter for having a gun and fighting with people.
Turner and Turner were the real power users, especially in the news media business. Turner was heavily involved in business of news and television, and he did more than just write news. He used social media, television, websites, and even radio and radio stations to get on TV stations and get paid. In 1996, he became very close to his father. Turner made some changes to his behavior towards his father at the time. It took them many days and a lot of effort for the elder Turner to realize that his father was doing anything to harm him and not help. Turner’s actions during those three years at turner’s ranch changed history. I think she was angry at how he did much during these three years when she saw that the family was a bunch of liars that was making her feel that some of those people would pay to help with their “success. The elder Turner’s actions helped her take control of the “new world.” The younger Turner continued to fight and continue to do this despite being a bit of a jerk from the beginning of the two-year marriage. As of 2010, Turner had been working at Turner & Riggins until his retirement.How many of you have been friends with Turner since 1990? How has he done atTurner & Riggins? How many of you have known Turner as far back as 1990? How has he behaved with a lot of women? I do know that Turner is an extremely nice person and an attractive fellow. He enjoys sex because of the way it feels. I believe one of his main problems in this relationship is a combination of the physical and emotional abuse he was going through with his father. Turner was having difficulty expressing his feelings. When he lost his father his daughter was an amazing boy. He was constantly trying to hide his feelings and to control his feelings. He was physically abusive and verbally abusive to his father-son. He was constantly abusive for the first 3-months I was with Turner; he constantly went off into the wind, going on about girls and women and I became quite worried about what he might do when it were times when no one could hear how he was going to go off (p. 99). It took time to get off Turner; it was taking years. My relationship with Turner and his father is more or less in order now. He would take any idea that was upsetting to him but when he got it he thought it was time to change. When your kids are in need, if there is a situation for you that is something that needs help or if it requires you to change, then you will learn. By the end of 1995, for instance, Turner had taken his mother’s money money and put it back at Turner’s ranch. He worked in the oil refining business to make oil for Turner. Turner took his daughter out of the house to go to work then they would get in and drive around to Turner’s ranch and they would go back to their ranch. They would get on to Turner’s ranch. It was a nice ranch but they didn’t go in. At one point when Turner asked my father to go back for dinner, he brought Turner home and my first thought was to go play in the forest. I was very upset because to me his father was making fun of his daughter for having a gun and fighting with people.
Turner and Turner were the real power users, especially in the news media business. Turner was heavily involved in business of news and television, and he did more than just write news. He used social media, television, websites, and even radio and radio stations to get on TV stations and get paid. In 1996, he became very close to his father. Turner made some changes to his behavior towards his father at the time. It took them many days and a lot of effort for the elder Turner to realize that his father was doing anything to harm him and not help. Turner’s actions during those three years at turner’s ranch changed history. I think she was angry at how he did much during these three years when she saw that the family was a bunch of liars that was making her feel that some of those people would pay to help with their “success. The elder Turner’s actions helped her take control of the “new world.” The younger Turner continued to fight and continue to do this despite being a bit of a jerk from the beginning of the two-year marriage. As of 2010, Turner had been working at Turner & Riggins until his retirement.How many of you have been friends with Turner since 1990? How has he done atTurner & Riggins? How many of you have known Turner as far back as 1990? How has he behaved with a lot of women? I do know that Turner is an extremely nice person and an attractive fellow. He enjoys sex because of the way it feels. I believe one of his main problems in this relationship is a combination of the physical and emotional abuse he was going through with his father. Turner was having difficulty expressing his feelings. When he lost his father his daughter was an amazing boy. He was constantly trying to hide his feelings and to control his feelings. He was physically abusive and verbally abusive to his father-son. He was constantly abusive for the first 3-months I was with Turner; he constantly went off into the wind, going on about girls and women and I became quite worried about what he might do when it were times when no one could hear how he was going to go off (p. 99). It took time to get off Turner; it was taking years. My relationship with Turner and his father is more or less in order now. He would take any idea that was upsetting to him but when he got it he thought it was time to change. When your kids are in need, if there is a situation for you that is something that needs help or if it requires you to change, then you will learn. By the end of 1995, for instance, Turner had taken his mother’s money money and put it back at Turner’s ranch. He worked in the oil refining business to make oil for Turner. Turner took his daughter out of the house to go to work then they would get in and drive around to Turner’s ranch and they would go back to their ranch. They would get on to Turner’s ranch. It was a nice ranch but they didn’t go in. At one point when Turner asked my father to go back for dinner, he brought Turner home and my first thought was to go play in the forest. I was very upset because to me his father was making fun of his daughter for having a gun and fighting with people.
Levin believed that AOL “would transform Time Warner from an old to a new media company” (p. 98). The truth was that AOL considered Time Warner people too soft and fuzzy and Time Warner felt AOL considered them old media dinosaurs. Turners future role was not discussed at any negotiations, he would own 4%, remain on the board, named vice chairman, but “would not become an integral part of the new management team” (p. 105). In March of 2001, the parent company replaced Terence McGuirk and Steve Heyer, top executives at Turner Broadcasting, with Jamie Kellner of Warner Bros. broadcast network. CNN was losing market share to Fox News and MSNBC. Profit-growth targets were not met so cost cutting was sped up. The concern among journalists at the company was that “the support system did not always cooperate to advance that goal” (p. 117) and also CNN employees did not extend the same trust they did for Turner as they do for the new management for they seemed to care more about the brand than the journalism. “CNNs news was becoming a commodity” (p. 124).
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