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Up All Night
- Ted Turner, CNN, and the Birth of 24-Hour News
- By: Lisa Napoli
- Narrated by: Lisa Napoli
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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 TV visionaries, big league rejects, and nonunion newbies - can be found in the basement of an abandoned country club in Atlanta. Because it was there, in 1980, that this motley crew somehow, against all odds, launched CNN. Up All Night is an inside look at the founding of the upstart network that set out to change the way news was delivered and consumed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well done!
- By Richard Marino on 05-17-20
- Up All Night
- Ted Turner, CNN, and the Birth of 24-Hour News
- By: Lisa Napoli
- Narrated by: Lisa Napoli
Well done!
Reviewed: 05-17-20
I recall watching Bill Tush off the satellite while living in Anchorage, Alaska in 1978 (9). It was very funny and different. Who knew that it was he who really was the one who inspired this CNN thing. Although it did morph into a real news giant a few years later and became a powerful voice, I liked the Tush version better. When the overpaid Mike Douglas flopped on the People Tonight show , they brought it Tush. I worked with him in both Los Angeles and NYC and we had lots of laughs. I say without my pal Tush, there would be no CNN.
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