Call Me Ted

by Turner, Ted; Burke, Bill

• ISBN13: 9780446582032
• ISBN10: 0446582034
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-02
• Publisher: Business Plus

Summary

The great American maverick and television mogul delivers his long-awaited memoir, revealing his lonely childhood, the devastating loss of his father, intimate details of his marriage to Jane Fonda, and his unparalleled success as a businessman and philanthropist.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Early Years	p. 1
McCallie	p. 11
College and the Coast Guard	p. 23
Billboards	p. 41
Tragedy	p. 53
Picking Up the Pieces	p. 59
On My Own	p. 67
Sailing Gets Serious	p. 79
WTCG: "Watch This Channel Grow!"	p. 91
The Braves	p. 109
The SuperStation	p. 125
The America's Cup	p. 145
Cable News Network	p. 159
Fastnet	p. 159
CNN Launch	p. 181
A Dagger Pointed at Our Heart	p. 191
World Citizen	p. 207
The Goodwill Games	p. 215
CBS	p. 223
MGM	p. 237
The Cable Operators	p. 249
Meeting Jane Fonda	p. 259
"Give Me Land, Lots of Land"	p. 269
The Gulf War	p. 277
Movies and Cartoons	p. 289
Networking	p. 303
Time Warner Merger	p. 315
The New Time Warner	p. 327
Billion-Dollar Gift	p. 343
Transitions	p. 355
AOL: Phased Out and Fenced In	p. 367
Stepping Away	p. 383
Onward and Upward	p. 399
Appendix	p. 415
Acknowledgments	p. 417
Index	p. 419
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