After his father committed suicide, Turner found himself in charge of the family advertising business. However, he began to see that advertising was more successful on radio and television. Journalism was coming from all different areas.
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This article is about a television broadcast from 2004 entitled "Feeding the Beast: The 24-Hour News Revolution" discusses the start of CNN:
"twenty-four-hour news became a reality in 1980 when Ted Turner, who is not a scholar but certainly no dope, dedicated the new CNN headquarters in Atlanta. Anchor Bernard Shaw tells Ellerbee that carpenters were still carpenting and roofers still roofing when CNN lurched into existence. Painters could be seen on the air, working in the background during telecasts from the newsroom."
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Popular news anchor, Katie Couric, got her start at CNN, working as an assignment editor. After her first time on air, a news director said "I never want that girl on the air again."
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