Variety ·entertainment ·1 hour ago

Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch: A Media Feud for the Ages

Ted Turner, the media mogul who founded CNN, died Wednesday at 87. Rupert Murdoch praised Turner's vision for 24-hour cable news despite their decades-long feud dating to a 1983 yacht race in Sydney. Turner had challenged Murdoch to a televised fistfight after the race, and their rivalry intensified in 1996 when Murdoch launched Fox News Channel to compete.

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