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156-526: A "warmonger" for his support and backing of President George W. Bush 's invasion of Iraq . However, revealing in an interview with Variety in 2019, Turner said he and Murdoch have since made amends. For most of his first decade as owner of the Braves, Turner was a very hands-on owner. This peaked in 1977, his second year as owner. Turner was suspended for one year by Commissioner of Baseball Bowie Kuhn on January 3, 1977, for his actions while pursuing
234-708: A $ 1 billion contribution to the United Nations at the annual United Nations Association of the USA gala dinner, with then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan present. This $ 1 billion donation was used to establish the United Nations Foundation. Beyond his philanthropy work, Turner is best known for founding cable television network CNN , as well as the Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) and Turner Entertainment Company. Turner chose to donate to
312-643: A 5,000-acre (2,000 ha) plantation in Jacksonboro, South Carolina, for $ 2 million. In 1976, Turner bought the Atlanta Braves, and in 1977, he bought the Atlanta Hawks, partially to provide programming for WTCG. Using the rechristened WTBS superstation's status to broadcast Braves games into nearly every home in North America, Turner turned the Braves into a household name even before their run of success in
390-709: A billboard magnate . When he was nine, his family moved to Savannah, Georgia , and raised him as an Episcopalian . He attended The McCallie School , a private boys' preparatory school in Chattanooga, Tennessee . Turner attended Brown University and was vice-president of the Brown Debating Union and captain of the sailing team. He became a member of Kappa Sigma . Turner initially majored in classics . His father wrote saying that this choice made him "appalled, even horrified", and that he "almost puked". Turner later changed his major to economics , but before receiving
468-680: A colorized Casablanca , "that will be one of the saddest days in the history of the movies. It is sad because it demonstrates that there is no movie that Turner will spare, no classic however great that is safe from the vulgarity of his computerized graffiti gangs." Thanks in part to Turner's colorization, the Library of Congress established the National Film Registry with the aim to preserve American films in their original format. In 1988, Turner purchased Jim Crockett Promotions which he renamed World Championship Wrestling (WCW) which became
546-575: A cumulative disbursement of more than $ 1.5 billion in grants to the UN system. The UN Foundation also works with UN partners in order to provide policy, advocacy, event, and communications recommendations and support. The UN Foundation's budgetary breakdown in 2019 was $ 95.8 million to program services, $ 5.7 million to fundraising, and $ 8.9 million going to management and overhead. In 1998, Ted Turner , an American media proprietor, producer, and philanthropist, announced his decision to make
624-749: A degree, he was expelled for having a female student in his dormitory room. Turner was awarded an honorary B.A. from Brown University in November 1989 when he returned to campus to give the keynote address for the National Association of College Broadcasters second annual conference. Expelled from Brown just as tensions in Vietnam were beginning to heat up, Turner joined the United States Coast Guard Reserve in order to fill his service obligation before he ended up getting drafted . Honored by
702-456: A shirt and tie while eating a peanut butter sandwich. Rex appeared only on one episode, but a myth grew where many people thought the dog was a nightly guest. By 1972, WTCG had acquired the rights to telecast Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Hawks games. Turner would go on to purchase UHF Channel 36 WRET (now WCNC) in Charlotte, North Carolina , and ran it with a format similar to WTCG. In 1976,
780-518: A televised fistfight in Las Vegas . Murdoch's Fox News , established in 1996, became a rival to Turner's CNN, a channel that Murdoch regarded with disdain for its "liberal slant" in news coverage. Time Warner declined to carry it on their New York City cable network in response, who in the midst of a merger, Turner said would "squash Rupert Murdoch like a bug." In 2003, Turner challenged Murdoch to another fistfight, and later on accused Murdoch of being
858-522: A way to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and reduce climate change emissions. The alliance works with public, private, and non-profit partners to overcome market barriers that hamper the production, deployment, and use of clean cookstoves and fuels in the developing world. It works to develop standards for cleaner stoves and to increase public and policymaker awareness of the health and environmental benefits of improved stoves. Ted Turner Robert Edward Turner III (born November 19, 1938)
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#1732858630548936-600: Is a charitable organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. , that supports the United Nations and its activities. It was established in 1998 with a $ 1 billion gift to the United Nations by philanthropist Ted Turner , who believed the UN was crucial for addressing the world's problems. Originally primarily a grantmaker, the UN Foundation has evolved into a strategic partner to the UN, mobilizing support to advance
1014-544: Is a communications and advocacy partner for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative , a partnership that includes Rotary International , the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , UNICEF, CDC, and WHO. The initiative is dedicated to globally eradicating polio through vaccinations and has protected 2 billion children from polio. Every Woman Every Child was launched by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during
1092-488: Is an American entrepreneur, television producer, media proprietor , and philanthropist . He founded the Cable News Network (CNN), the first 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS , which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television , which later became TBS . As a philanthropist, he gave $ 1 billion to create the United Nations Foundation , a public charity to broaden U.S. support for
1170-585: Is represented by the Equal Everywhere brand and campaign that calls for all levels of society to make equality the reality of every girl and woman. The UN Foundation launched the Girl Up campaign in September 2010. This "for girls, by girls" campaign offers leadership development and education opportunities for adolescent girls. Through Girl Up's support, girls create middle school, high school, or campus clubs, which then plan events to raise money and awareness for
1248-423: Is to increase and maintain the U.S. involvement and funding for global family planning by protecting key investments. Family Planning 2020, an outcome of the 2012 London Summit on Family Planning, addresses the policy, financing, delivery and socio-cultural barriers to women accessing contraceptive information, services and supplies. Led by an 23-member Reference Group, operated daily by a Secretariat, and hosted by
1326-674: The 1996 Summer Olympics as Centennial Olympic Stadium and then converted into a baseball-only facility for the Braves, was named after him. In 1978, he contacted media executive Reese Schonfeld with his plans to launch a 24-hour news channel (Schonfeld had previously approached Turner with the same proposition in 1977 but was rebuffed). Schonfeld responded that it could be done with a staff of 300 if they used an all electronic newsroom and satellites for all transmissions. It would require an initial investment of $ 15 million–$ 20 million and several million dollars per month to operate. In 1979, Turner sold his North Carolina station, WRET , to fund
1404-623: The Federal Communications Commission allowed WTCG to use a satellite to transmit content to local cable TV providers around the nation. On December 17, 1976, the rechristened WTCG-TV Super-Station began to broadcast old movies, situation comedy reruns, cartoons, and sports nationwide to cable-TV subscribers. As cable systems developed, many carried his station to free their schedules, which increased his viewers and advertising. The number of subscribers eventually reached 2 million and Turner's net worth rose to $ 100 million. He bought
1482-633: The Nothing But Nets Campaign, which is targeted at reducing malaria across the African continent. This campaign originally started when Sports Illustrated writer Rick Reilley published an article asking his readers to donate money to a campaign to buy mosquito nets for those in Africa suffering from malaria. With support from the UN Foundation, Reilley's project got off the ground, and has to-date provided over 13 million nets across Africa. Today,
1560-617: The Paris Agreement on climate change, particularly in the United States where it supports the U.S. Climate Alliance , a bipartisan coalition of states and unincorporated self-governing territories that are committed to upholding the objectives of the 2015 Paris Agreement. The UN Foundation also fosters the Clean Cooking Alliance , an initiative supporting large-scale adoption of clean and safe household cooking solutions as
1638-494: The Pittsburgh Pirates ) before National League president Chub Feeney ordered him to stop running the team. Feeney cited major league rules which bar managers and players from owning stock in their clubs. Turner appealed to Commissioner of Baseball Bowie Kuhn , and showed up to manage the Braves when they returned home. However, Kuhn turned down the appeal, citing Turner's "lack of familiarity with game operations." In
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#17328586305481716-645: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and help the UN address issues such as climate change , global health , gender equality , human rights , data and technology, peace, and humanitarian responses. The UN Foundation's main work occurs through building public-private partnerships, communities, initiatives, campaigns, and alliances to broaden support for the UN and solve global problems. The UN Foundation has helped build awareness and advocate for action on, among others, antimicrobial resistance , regional action on climate change, local implementation of
1794-588: The Turner Tomorrow Fellowship for fiction offering positive solutions to global problems. The winner, from 2500 entries worldwide, was Daniel Quinn 's Ishmael . In 1990, he created the Turner Foundation, which focuses on philanthropic grants concerning issues pertaining to the environment and overpopulation. In the same year he created Captain Planet , an environmental superhero . Turner produced
1872-723: The United States Navy Memorial with its Lone Sailor Award in 2013, Turner told The Washington Post , "I liked boats", and ended up getting "deployed to some pretty sweet places – Charleston and Fort Lauderdale." After leaving Brown University, Turner returned to the South in late 1960 to become general manager of the Macon, Georgia , branch of his father's business. Following his father's suicide in March 1963, Turner became president and chief executive of Turner Advertising Company when he
1950-658: The University of Miami Julio Frenk , Chairman of Endeavor Brazil Fábio Colletti Barbosa, Senior Partner of the Southbridge Group Dr. Frannie Léautier , Chair of the Captain Planet Foundation Laura Turner Seydel, and former UN Foundation Presidents Timothy E. Wirth and Kathy Calvin. When the UN Foundation was founded, it was created to assist the UN with a variety of key issues, and bring attention to particular global problems. A top priority
2028-486: The World Health Organization (WHO) in order to provide measles vaccinations to children across the African continent. This campaign not only focuses on vaccinating children, but also putting into place health infrastructure, and promoting better access to health-care across the continent. In ten years, the initiative has protected more than 5.5 billion children from measles. The UN Foundation also runs
2106-511: The call sign to WTCG, erroneously claimed to have stood for " W atch T his C hannel G row" but in actuality stood for T urner C ommunications G roup. Initially, the station ran old movies from prior decades, along with theatrical cartoons and bygone sitcoms and drama programs. As a better syndicated product fell off the VHF stations, Turner would acquire it for his station at a very low price. WTCG ran mostly second- and even third-hand programming of
2184-504: The "largest outdoor advertising company in the Southeast", according to It Ain't as Easy as It Looks . The book observed that Turner "discovered his father had sheltered a substantial amount of taxable income over the years by personally lending it back to the company" and "discovered that the billboard business could be a gold mine, a tax-depreciable revenue stream that threw off enormous amounts of cash with almost no capital investment". In
2262-450: The 1990s and early 2000s. At one point, he suggested to pitcher Andy Messersmith , who wore number 17, that he change his surname to "Channel" to promote the television station. In 1978, Turner struck a deal with a student-operated radio station at MIT , Technology Broadcasting System (now WMBR), to obtain the rights to the WTBS call sign for $ 50,000. Such a move allowed Turner to strengthen
2340-633: The 1996 Time Warner merger, the channel's archives gained the later Warner Bros. cartoon library as well as other Time Warner-owned cartoons. In 1993, Turner and Russian journalist Eduard Sagalajev founded the Moscow Independent Broadcasting Corporation (MIBC). This corporation operated the sixth frequency in Russian television and founded the Russian channel TV-6 . The company was later purchased by Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky and an unknown group of private persons. In 2007
2418-705: The ACT Together Fund. In September 2020, the UN Foundation launched its Unite for Health campaign, focused on the need for global collaboration amidst the disruption of health systems and services due to COVID-19, and the rollback of global health progress it brought. Gender equality is another one of the Foundation’s key issue areas. The Foundation has several campaigns and initiatives that address gender issues; their work includes girls’ leadership and empowerment, family planning and contraceptive access, maternal health , and gender data. All its work on gender equality
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2496-473: The National Anthem only one time, on the 1st of June [the network's debut on June 1, 1980], and when the end of the world comes, we'll play ' Nearer, My God, to Thee ' before we sign off." Reportedly, Turner plans to make good on that promise. He commissioned a video recording of a military marching band playing the hymn. Turner has sometimes played the tape for reporters, noting the reason he made it. In 2015,
2574-692: The SDGs among civil society, the private sector, academia, and engaged communities. The Foundation is also a key partner in Global Goals Week , which runs parallel to the UN General Assembly week and engages diverse partnerships for the SDGs. The Foundation also houses the Business Council for the United Nations, which creates connections between the private sector and the UN in support of the UN’s priorities and
2652-614: The SDGs, as well as global campaigns such as Nothing But Nets against malaria , the Measles & Rubella Initiative , the Clean Cooking Alliance , Girl Up, Shot@Life, and the Digital Impact Alliance, among others. In March 2020, the UN Foundation was also a key founder of the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund on behalf of the World Health Organization (WHO), helping to raise over $ 200 million USD within
2730-475: The SDGs. Global health, often with a focus on women and children, has been one of the UN Foundation’s key global issue areas. Over the Foundation’s first 20 years, 72% of grants fell under the issue area of global health. The Foundation works closely with private sector partners and UN agencies in order to address a variety of health issues including universal health coverage , antimicrobial resistance , and
2808-698: The Sustainable Development Goals. The SDGs, a set of 17 interlinked goals designed to be a "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all," were adopted in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly as a successor to the Millennium Development Goals . While all of the UN Foundation’s programs connect to at least one SDG (and often multiple), the Foundation also works to foster awareness and support of
2886-535: The UN Foundation, Cousens served as U.S. Ambassador to the UN Economic and Social Council , and Alternate Representative to the UN General Assembly where she led U.S. negotiations on the SDGs. Kathy Calvin , the former President of AOL Time Warner Foundation, served as the UN Foundation’s prior President and CEO from 2013 through 2019. Timothy E. Wirth , a former United States Congressman , U.S. Senator , and
2964-452: The UN and create the UN Foundation because he was a prior donor to similar causes and felt strongly that the UN was critical to solve the world’s most pressing challenges. Turner’s gift was also inspired by the fact that the UN was underfunded at the time because the U.S. government had not met its allocated financial contribution to the UN due to a lack of sufficient appropriations in the federal budget. Prior to his $ 1 billion donation to
3042-483: The UN and its leadership from the beginning in order to set goals and provide funding for particular programs. Over time, the UN Foundation evolved from being a simple funding conduit to creating and fostering its own initiatives and communities, which enabled it to support UN priorities more deeply and diversely. At present, it continues to build and expand its role as a strategic partner to the UN across multiple sectors. The UN Foundation’s current main issue areas include
3120-494: The UN and its priorities and programs worldwide. The UN Foundation is now supported by a variety of philanthropic, corporate, government, and individual donors, and it continues to serve as a substantial source of private funding to the United Nations. In conjunction with the UN, it established the United Nations Fund for International Partnerships to serve as the UN counterpart to the Foundation. The UN Foundation has made
3198-410: The UN, Turner was already an active philanthropist and had been a proponent for the protection of the environment, especially in combating global warming. Turner believed that his $ 100 million per year donation over the course of 10 years would make a difference to the United Nations, and that he could use this donation to encourage other wealthy members of society to make financial contributions to
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3276-647: The UN. Turner serves as Chairman of the United Nations Foundation board of directors . Additionally, in 2001, Turner co-founded the Nuclear Threat Initiative with US Senator Sam Nunn (D-GA). NTI is a non-partisan organization dedicated to reducing global reliance on, and preventing the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. He currently serves as co-chairman of the board of directors. Turner's media empire began with his father's billboard business, Turner Outdoor Advertising, which he took over in March 1963 after his father's suicide. It
3354-488: The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), gender equality, climate and environment, global health, and enhancing global cooperation. The Foundation has also continued working in areas of US-UN engagement and advancing data and technology for the SDGs. One of the UN Foundation’s overarching goals is to share awareness, advance progress, understand critical gaps, and activate communities in support of
3432-545: The United Nations Foundation, FP2020 is based on the principle that all women, no matter where they live should have access to lifesaving contraceptives. Data2X, a collaborative technical and advocacy platform, was formed after former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called for its creation in a policy speech in July 2012 and cited the lack of reliable and regular data on the lives of women and girls. Through research, advocacy and communications, Data2X works to improve
3510-496: The United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit in 2010 and aims to save and improve the lives of millions of women, children and adolescents around the world by 2030. It is a global effort to mobilize international and national action by governments, multilaterals, the private sector and civil society to address health challenges facing women and children around the world. In March 2020, at
3588-547: The United States until John C. Malone surpassed him in 2011. He uses much of his land for ranches to re-popularize bison meat (for his Ted's Montana Grill chain) and has amassed the largest herd in the world. He also created the environmental-themed animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers . Turner was born on November 19, 1938, in Cincinnati , Ohio , the son of Florence (née Rooney) and Robert Edward Turner II,
3666-508: The acquisition, Turner had amassed enormous debt and sold parts of the acquisition; Kerkorian bought back MGM/UA Entertainment. The MGM/UA Studio lot in Culver City was sold to Lorimar / Telepictures . Turner kept MGM's pre-May 1986 and pre-merger film and television library. Turner Entertainment was established in August 1986 to oversee film and television properties owned by Turner thanks to
3744-607: The availability, quality, and use of gender data to make a practical difference in the lives of women and girls worldwide. The UN Foundation’s priorities include tackling global climate change, advancing climate diplomacy and negotiations, building cross-issue intersections, and communicating climate science to the public. The Foundation’s climate team works with partners in the NGO sector, the UN, governments, and private corporations to come up with solutions and provide funding to programs related to this issue. The UN Foundation also advocates for
3822-499: The branding of his "Super-Station" using the initials TBS. Turner Communications Group was renamed Turner Broadcasting System and WTCG was renamed WTBS . In 1986, Turner founded the Goodwill Games with the goal of easing tensions between capitalist and communist countries. Broadcasting the events of these games also provided his superstation the ability to provide Olympic-style sports programming. Turner Field , first used for
3900-753: The burst of the dot-com bubble hurt the growth and profitability of the AOL division, which in turn dragged down the combined company's performance and stock price. At a board meeting in fall 2001, Turner's outburst against AOL Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin eventually led to Levin's announced resignation effective in early 2002, being replaced by Richard Parsons . In contrast to Levin, who as CEO isolated Turner from important company matters, Parsons invited Turner back to provide strategic advice, although Turner never received an operational role that he sought. The company dropped "AOL" from its name in October 2003. In December 2009, AOL
3978-685: The campaign also encourages Americans to learn about, advocate for, and donate to malaria eradication efforts. The UN Foundation's Shot@Life campaign educates, connects and empowers Americans to champion vaccines as one of the most cost-effective ways to save the lives of children in developing countries. The campaign encourages Americans to learn about, advocate for, and donate vaccines to decrease vaccine-preventable childhood deaths. As of 2019, Shot@Life had protected over $ 4.1 billion in U.S. funding for global childhood immunization programs and helped provide more than 82 million vaccines through direct grant support to UN partners. The UN Foundation
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#17328586305484056-472: The charitable Goodwill Games . He helped revive interest in professional wrestling by purchasing Jim Crockett Promotions which was then rebranded as World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Turner's penchant for controversial statements earned him the nicknames "The Mouth of the South" and "Captain Outrageous". Turner has also devoted his assets to environmental causes. He was the largest private landowner in
4134-460: The core of Cartoon Network . A year before, Turner's companies purchased Hanna-Barbera Productions (whose longtime parent, Taft/Great American Broadcasting , had been headquartered in Turner's original hometown of Cincinnati), beating out several other bidders including MCA Inc. (whose subsidiaries included Universal Pictures and Universal Destinations & Experiences ) and Hallmark Cards . With
4212-423: The deal with Kerkorian. Having now acquired MGM's library of 2,200 films made before 1986, Turner had them syndicated on his nationwide television stations. When broadcasting their older films, he aired colorized versions of ones originally shot in black-and-white. Opposition arose from cinephiles, actors, and directors to Turner's colorization efforts. Film critic Roger Ebert wrote on Turner's broadcasting of
4290-714: The first Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs in U.S. President Bill Clinton 's administration, served as the UN Foundation's first President from 1998 to 2013. Ted Turner serves as the chairman of the board . Other current board members include Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan , former Deputy Secretary-General of the UN Mark Malloch-Brown , Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Infosys N. R. Narayana Murthy , Master of University College Oxford Valerie Amos , CEO of Verizon Communications Hans Vestberg , Former Prime Minister of Norway Gro Harlem Brundtland , Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus , President of
4368-603: The first six weeks to support the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The UN Foundation was founded with the intent to build support for UN causes and to advocate for the United States to honor its financial commitments to the UN. Since then, the UN Foundation and its U.S. advocacy sister organization, the Better World Campaign , have built advocacy campaigns, provided grants, connected experts, advocates, and decision-makers, and driven public awareness in order to support
4446-735: The fund were later expanded to include UNICEF, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), the World Food Programme (WFP), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The foundation also helped raise funds for the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator campaign by accepting donations through
4524-460: The importance of women's issues. Money raised by the clubs is often used to support girls in developing countries so that they have the opportunity to become educated, healthy, safe, counted, and positioned to be the next generation of leaders. The Universal Access Project works to achieve universal access to reproductive health care by convening donors and advocates to protect and strengthen global sexual and reproductive health and rights . Its goal
4602-580: The late 1960s Turner began buying several Southern radio stations. In 1969, he sold his radio stations to buy a struggling television station in Atlanta, UHF Channel 17 WJRJ (now WPCH). At the time, UHF stations did well only in markets without VHF stations, like Fresno, California , or in markets with only one station on VHF. Independent UHF stations were not ratings winners or that profitable even in larger markets, but Turner concluded that this would change as people wanted more than several choices. He changed
4680-489: The license for TV-6 had expired and there was no application for renewal. Turner Broadcasting System merged with Time Warner Entertainment on October 10, 1996, with Turner as vice chairman and head of Time Warner Entertainment and Turner's cable networks division. Turner was dropped as head of cable networks by CEO Gerald Levin but remained as Vice Chairman of Time Warner Entertainment. He would be succeeded in March 2001 as head of Turner Broadcasting by Jamie Kellner , who
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#17328586305484836-804: The main competitor to Vince McMahon 's World Wrestling Federation (WWF). This rivalry became known as the Monday Night War , and would last throughout the 1990s. In 2001, under AOL Time Warner , WCW was sold to the WWF . Also in 1988, he introduced Turner Network Television (TNT) with Gone with the Wind . TNT, initially showing older movies and television shows, added original programs and newer reruns. Turner would later create Turner Classic Movies (TCM) in 1994, airing Turner's pre-1986 MGM library of films alongside those of Warner Bros. made before 1950, though it has expanded its library since. In 1989, Turner created
4914-413: The network. In 1982, Schonfeld was succeeded as CEO by Turner after a dispute over Schonfeld's firing of Sandi Freeman ; and was succeeded as president by CNN's executive vice president, Burt Reinhardt . Turner famously stated before the network debuted: "We won't be signing off until the world ends. We'll be on, and we will cover the end of the world, live, and that will be our last event... we'll play
4992-470: The offer and it was formally withdrawn on August 5, 2014. Turner had a long-running feud with fellow cable magnate Rupert Murdoch for years. This originated in 1983 when a Murdoch-sponsored yacht collided with the yacht skippered by Turner, Condor , during the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race , causing it to run aground 6.2 miles (10.0 km) from the finish line. At the post-race dinner, a drunken Turner verbally assaulted Murdoch, afterward challenging him to
5070-470: The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic , the UN Foundation launched the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund in partnership with the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation to raise funds for WHO’s COVID-19 response. The fund raised over $ 200 million within six weeks, which went toward WHO’s efforts to track and understand the spread of the virus, to mobilize protective equipment to frontline health workers, and to develop vaccines, tests, and treatments. Beneficiaries of
5148-406: The response and recovery from COVID-19 . In addition, the UN Foundation has built partnerships and campaigns to address issues such as measles and rubella , childhood vaccination , and malaria . The Measles & Rubella Initiative , launched in 2001, is a partnership between the UN Foundation, the American Red Cross , UNICEF , the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and
5226-470: The signing of free agent outfielder Gary Matthews from the San Francisco Giants . Matthews signed a five-year, $ 1.875 million contract with the Braves on November 18, 1976. Kuhn's actions stemmed from remarks made by Turner to then-Giants owner Bob Lurie during the 1976 World Series . In addition, the Braves were also stripped of their first-round selections in the June 1978 draft of high school and college players. Turner, however, successfully appealed
5304-429: The suspension and Kuhn relented and reinstated the draft selections, one of which would turn out to be Bob Horner from Arizona State University . On May 11, 1977, with the team mired in a 16-game losing streak, Turner sent manager Dave Bristol on a 10-day "scouting trip" and Turner himself took over as interim manager – the first owner/manager in the majors since Connie Mack . He ran the team for one game (a loss to
5382-408: The television series Captain Planet and the Planeteers and its later sequel series with Captain Planet as the featured character. In 1992, the pre-May 1986 MGM library, which also included Warner Bros. properties including the early Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies libraries and also the Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios Popeye cartoons from Paramount (and then United Artists), became
5460-435: The time, including fare such as Gilligan's Island , I Love Lucy , Star Trek , Hazel , and Bugs Bunny . Other low-cost content included humorist Bill Tush reading the news at 3 a.m., prompting Turner to jokingly comment that, "we have a 100% share at this time". Tush once delivered the news with his " co-anchor " Rex, a German Shepherd . The dog (who belonged to an associate) was shown next to Tush on set, wearing
5538-482: The transaction and established its headquarters in lower-cost, non-union Atlanta . Schonfeld was appointed first president and chief executive of the then-named Cable News Network (CNN). CNN hired Jim Kitchell, former general manager of news at NBC as vice president of production and operations; Sam Zelman as vice president of news and executive producer; Bill MacPhail as head of sports, Ted Kavanau as director of personnel, and Burt Reinhardt as vice president of
5616-538: The video was found in CNN's database and leaked. The video was tagged in the database as "[Hold for release] till end of world confirmed". Mid 20th Century 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s In 1981, Turner Broadcasting System acquired Brut Productions from Faberge Inc. After a failed attempt to acquire CBS , Turner purchased the film studio MGM / UA Entertainment Co. from Kirk Kerkorian in 1986 for $ 1.5 billion. Following
5694-625: The work of the UN. In 1996, Turner was worth $ 3.2 billion due to his shares in Time Warner (which had bought TBS that year). By giving away nearly a third of his wealth while still living, Ted Turner became a noted participant in the Giving Pledge movement. The UN Foundation is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Cousens , who stepped into the role in January 2020 after serving for four years as Deputy CEO. Prior to her time at
5772-565: Was 24 and turned the firm into a global enterprise. He joined the Young Republicans , saying he "felt at ease among these budding conservatives and was merely following in [his father]'s far-right footsteps", according to It Ain't as Easy as It Looks . During the Vietnam War era, Turner's business prospered; it had "virtual monopolies in Savannah, Macon, Columbus , and Charleston " and was
5850-453: Was also greatly responsible for cancelling WCW 's television contracts on networks which Turner previously ran. He resigned as AOL Time Warner vice chairman in 2003 and then from the Time Warner board of directors in 2006. On January 11, 2001, Time Warner Entertainment was purchased by America Online (AOL) to become AOL Time Warner, a merger which Turner initially supported. However,
5928-459: Was spun off from the Time Warner conglomerate as a separate company. Turner was Time Warner's biggest individual shareholder. It is estimated he lost as much as $ 7 billion when the stock collapsed in the wake of the merger. When asked about buying back his former assets, he replied that he "can't afford them now". In June 2014, Rupert Murdoch 's 21st Century Fox made a bid for the company valuing it at $ 80 billion. The Time Warner board rejected
6006-464: Was to build upon previously-successful UN programs, including children's health, population and family planning issues, global environmental agreements, and the safe removal of land-mines. Additionally, it aimed to work with the private sector to raise funding for UN causes, and to raise awareness of the UN and its programs amongst the American population. The UN Foundation has had a close relationship with
6084-581: Was worth $ 1 million. His purchase of an Atlanta UHF station in 1970 began the Turner Broadcasting System . CNN revolutionized news media, covering the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986 and the Persian Gulf War in 1991. Turner turned the Atlanta Braves baseball team into a nationally popular franchise (including winning the 1995 World Series under his ownership), and launched
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