When Ted Turner launched CNN 40 years ago, 'people just didn't believe ... that anybody would want to watch 24-hour news,' Lisa Napoli says. She writes about this in her new book, 'Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN, and the Birth of 24-Hour News.'
There were so many obstacles. A satellite went missing. [Avid sailor] Ted went missing at sea. He couldn't necessarily raise the money that was necessary. And people just didn't believe that he could pull it off. But Dan gave him a legitimate leg in the game, so to speak, at a time when people just didn't believe, Scott, that anybody would want to watch 24-hour news.Dan had had an amazing career up until that point ... in fact, [Edward R.
And Ted was Ted. He changed broadcasting. He flipped the switch on 24-hour television before he did on 24-hour news and [had a] storied and crazy business career after that. So, yeah, that worked out for both of them.Well, basically, that document that Dan ginned up by hand in the Las Vegas hotel had guided their relationship for several years. And then as management changed, they resented the idea that Dan would be able to refuse assignments.
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