Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN, and the Birth of 24-Hour News

Author: Lisa Napoli Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 The wild inside story of the birth of CNN and dawn of the age of 24-hour news How did we get from an age of dignified nightly news broadcasts on three national networks to the age of 24-hour channels and constantly breaking news? The answer-thanks to Ted Turner and an oddball cast of cable television visionaries, big league rejects, and nonunion newbies-can be found in the basement of an abandoned country...Read more