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Ted Turner Built CNN on Debt and Near-Bankruptcy. Here Is Why You Should Not Try to Copy Him

Ted Turner died at 87, and obituaries celebrate how he built his empire. He took an indebted billboard company into a UHF station, then into the Atlanta Braves for $10 to $12 million. Then into a ...
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Give the CNN Special 'Almighty Debt' Credit for Trying

Go ahead and watch “Almighty Debt,” the latest offering in CNN’s Black in America series, which premieres on Oct. 21, if you have 90 minutes to spend on a distraction from your own financial troubles ...
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Ted Turner Built CNN on Debt and Near-Bankruptcy. Here Is Why You Should Not Try to Copy Him

Wed, May 20, 2026 at 6:42 PM UTC The hook for personal finance readers is the praise embedded in that narrative. Turner's playbook gets celebrated because it worked. The stakes for you, if you take it ...