CCable News Network (CNN), in full Cable News Network, Inc., television’s first 24-hour all-news service, a subsidiary of Time Warner Inc. CNN’s headquarters are in Atlanta.
CNN was created by maverick broadcasting executive Ted Turner as part of his Turner Broadcasting System (TBS), allegedly because industry professionals had told him it could not be done. After four years in development, CNN signed on the air June 1, 1980, with a news telecast anchored by the husband-and-wife team of Dave Walker and Lois Hart. Initially derided by its more affluent competitors as “the Chicken Noodle Network” because of its comparatively meagre financial resources, ... (100 of 460 words)