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Shop Talk: Shivering Northerners get a lookHave you ever noticed in large cities that sometimes billboards around town carry bigger-than-life photos of the local TV anchor people?The theory is, if people see those giant images enough, the public will want to watch the newsies on TV too.It’s a proven advertising technique; Ted Turner made a fortune in billboard advertising before his cable TV empire flourished.
Posted on 2 February 2012 | 7:09 pm
The Real Housewives of Atlanta: Who WasReal Housewives of Atlanta fans know that “friend of the Housewives,” Marlo Hampton, had an 80-year-old, billionaire, white, sugar daddy in Atlanta. Such a specific profile really narrows the options. So who was Marlo’s big poppa? According to a source for Jacky Jasper, of Diary of a Hollywood Street King, Marlo’s big poppa was none [...]
Posted on 1 February 2012 | 7:50 pm
Environmentalists Turner And Pyle To VisitAccra, 27th January, 2012: Environmentalist and Chairman of the Captain Planet Foundation, Laura Turner will pay a visit to Ghana this February. The daughter of Ted Turner, Mrs. Turner-Seydel is the recipient of numerous humanitarian and environmental awards.
Posted on 30 January 2012 | 5:34 am
How will Oprah spend her birthday?Oprah will spend her 58th birthday with media tycoon Ted Turner… on TV, that is. The birthday girl interviews Turner about his hard work and achievements on Sunday’s episode of “Oprah's Master Class” - Winfrey’s OWN talk show that features a “look into the minds of true modern masters,” according to Oprah.com. During the interview, [...]
Posted on 27 January 2012 | 10:24 pm
Braves CEO: we’re not selling the team;Braves fans were spoiled when Ted Turner owned the team. The games were broadcast all over the country and they spent on whatever they felt like it because Turner was simply mad. Mad, I say. Ah, those were the days. In recent years the team has been owned by Liberty Media Corporation. That has been…
Posted on 26 January 2012 | 5:12 pm

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Ted Turner's bison help save historic TexasSix years ago, inbreeding threatened to destroy the last herd of southern Plains bison. Only 53 were left, and breeders were having trouble getting females to carry their calves to term. Tests showed that unless something was done to increase the diversity of genes in the historic herd, all the animals would be gone within 50 years.
Posted on 25 March 2011 | 7:34 am
Brucellosis found in bison cow on Ted TurnerState officials in Montana say the bacterial disease brucellosis (brew-suh-LOW'-sis) has been found in a domestic bison herd on Ted Turner's Flying D Ranch near Bozeman.
Posted on 1 November 2010 | 11:00 pm
STORY REMOVED: AF--People-Ted TurnerThe Associated Press has withdrawn its story about Ted Turner pledging $80 million to a United Nations foundation to fight childhood polio and measles in Nigeria. Amy DiElsi, a Washington-based spokeswoman for the United Nations Foundation, says Ted Turner has made no such pledge.
Posted on 25 October 2010 | 8:19 pm
Man claims wrongful firing from Turner's NMA former wildlife manager for a northern New Mexico ranch owned by media mogul Ted Turner alleges he was wrongfully fired after a new general manager began pushing religion on employees.
Posted on 26 September 2010 | 10:35 pm
40 billionaires pledge to donate half theirA little over a year after Bill Gates and Warren Buffett began hatching a plan over dinner to persuade America's wealthiest people to give most of their fortunes to charity, more than three-dozen individuals and families have agreed to take part, campaign organizers announced Wednesday.
Posted on 4 August 2010 | 2:20 pm