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• Ted Turner Is Now Adviser to His Atlanta-Based Media Empire.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

  - 2001-01-17

  Jan. 18--ATLANTA--Their dashing rascal and protector isn't the boss anymore. Ted Turner, 62 and rich as Midas despite all his efforts to give his money away, is slipping further away from the Atlanta-based media empire he built and its 10,000 employees. ...

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• Atlanta Mayor Brings All-Star Cast to Back Arena Deal.(Originated from The Atlanta Journal and Constitution)

  - 1997-05-28

  May 28--Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell called out the heavy artillery Tuesday -- including two former mayors and Olympics chief Billy Payne -- to show support for the proposed downtown arena. "This deal is so critically important to downtown, especially when you're...

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• Business World

  - 1996-08-26

  Booting out Marlboro man ATLANTA AP -- The Justice Department wants the Marlboro man ousted from the roof at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium because it says the sign shows up during broadcasts of Atlanta Braves' games. The department has subpoenaed film and television highlights because it believes...

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• Turner Euro reorg ruffles feathers. (Turner Broadcasting System Inc.)

  - 1996-05-13

  The expected departure of Robert Ross as president of Turner International and one of the most influential executives at Turner Broadcasting System Inc. has focused attention on a reorganization within Turner that has rattled some of its international staffers. The abrupt transformation of...

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• Television Industry Undergoes Rapid String of Mergers and Changes.(Originated from The Philadelphia Inquirer)

  - 1995-08-06

  PHILADELPHIA--Aug. 5--Ted Turner, the brash cable entrepreneur who founded CNN, has wanted to own a television network so long and so badly he laughs about it. "Why don't I get one?" he said, joking with reporters last month in Los Angeles. "It's like my father...

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• Turner lashes out at Time Warner. (Ted Turner; Time Warner Inc.)

  - 1994-10-03

  The long-stewing acrimony between Ted Turner and Time Warner Inc. chairman Gerald Levin boiled over with the Turner Broadcasting System Inc. chairman publicly ripping into his second-largest partner's attempts to frustrate Turner's pursuit of NBC. Turner accused Levin last week of double-dealing, using Time...

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• Turner gets 66 percent pay. (Ted Turner)

  - 1990-07-02

  Turner Gets 66 Percent Pay Raise ATLANTA - Turner Broadcasting System Inc. chairman R.E. Ted Turner, who is already a billionaire, got a 66 percent salary increase in 1989, boosting his yearly pay to $729,952. Turner's...

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