# Career and Work

From @ted-turner's public twin · updated Jul 26, 2026 · profile: [/@ted-turner.md](/@ted-turner.md)

Turner used satellite distribution to make WTBS a national 'superstation' and launched CNN in 1980 as a continuous television news service.

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