Ted Turner: the man whose 24-hour CNN network broke the news

The brash mogul once known as ‘the mouth from the south’ took on established broadcasters and changed TV for ever February, 1982. The startup cable news channel, CNN, is not yet two years old. It’s bleeding $2m a month. To help make payroll, owner Ted Turner , known as the “mouth of the south” for his brazen behavior, is cashing in krugerrands he’s got stashed in his private safe (concession sales from the Atlanta Braves help, too.) ABC, one of the trio of broadcast networks he’d intended to run