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@hibarrmedia Founder/CEO. Host of Media Moguls @mediamogulspod on Ted Turner. ‘You Had To Be There' on all podcast apps. 🎧 Listen below👇
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Last month, CBS changed ownership but this wasn't anything new... Because in 1985, Ted Turner fresh off conquering the news world set his sights on a bigger prize: Owning a broadcast network...The Tiffany Network, CBS. Did he have the cash to pull it off? Nope. Did that…
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In Tom Wolfe's "The Bonfire of the Vanities," Wolfe captured the ambition of 1980s New York. Ted Turner had that same fire & it pushed him straight to CBS w/ a no cash takeover attempt that shocked everyone! Here's the opening min of the newest ep on Ted's CBS takeover attempt
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On April 18th, 1985, Ted Turner called a press conference in New York City & declared WAR on CBS — launching his hostile no-cash bid to acquire the media giant by any means necessary. What followed was nothing short of chaos! Hear the full story in the links below!
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