The Road They Never Left

through audacity and risk, into a sprawling media empire.

CNN, launched in 1980 and mocked as “Chicken Noodle News,” became indispensable during

the Persian Gulf War, when its live coverage pulled an anxious planet around a single glowing screen. Turner’s vision didn’t stop there:

TBS, TNT, Turner Classic Movies and Cartoon Network all sprang from the continue reading …