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Cnn.jpg CNN Logo CNN or Cable News Network is a cable television network that was founded in 1980 by Ted Turner & Reese Schonfeld [1] (http://www.meandted.com/author.htm). It is a division of the Turner Broadcasting System, owned by Time Warner. CNN is widely credited for introducing the concept of 24-hour news coverage. As of December 2004, it is available in 89 million U.S. households and more than 890,000 U.S. hotel rooms, and it broadcasts primarily from its headquarters at the CNN Center in Atlanta as well as from studios in New York City and Washington, DC. Globally, CNN boasts that its combined branded networks and services are available to more than 1.5 billion people in over 212 countries and territories.
History  Since CNN's launch on June 1, 1980, the network has expanded its reach to a number of cable and satellite television networks (such as CNN Headline News), 12 web sites, two private place-based networks (such as CNN Airport Network), and two radio networks. The network has 42 bureaus around the world and more than 900 affiliates worldwide. CNN has launched many regional and foreign-language networks around the world. CNN debuted its news website CNN.com (then referred to as CNN Interactive) on August 30, 1995, which it describes as the first major news and information website on the Internet. CNN's global reputation was greatly enhanced in 1991 during the Gulf War, where its saturation coverage was carried around the world. It obtained much of that coverage through close cooperation with the U.S. government, which led to accusations that it did not attempt to investigate the claims of the U.S. government during the war. The television movie Live from Baghdad is based on the network's coverage of the Gulf War. CNN International now provides regional editions of its news service, in response to foreign demand for less U.S.-centric news coverage, and also rival services such as BBC World and Sky News. It uses local reporters in many of its news-gathering centers, though they cover stories from an international (some would still say U.S.) perspective. On September 11, 2001, CNN was the first network to break news of the terrorist attacks on the United States. In mid-December 2004, CNN shut down the operations of its financial channel, CNNfn, after nine years of failing to compete with the CNBC channel. A similar event before that happened in 2002, when the network shut down its sports division channel, CNNSI (a joint venture with Sports Illustrated), after its struggles against the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN). CNN personalities (present)
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Similar networksThe CNN format has inspired many similar cable news services:
See also: 24-hour television news channels (category). External links
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