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==History==
==History==
CNN was founded by media mogul Ted Turner and made its debut on June 1, 1980 as the first 24-hour news network. <ref>http://www.turner.com/about/corporate_history.html</ref>
CNN was founded by media mogul Ted Turner and made its debut on June 1, 1980 as the first 24-hour news network. <ref>http://www.turner.com/about/corporate_history.html</ref>
During its early years it struggled to achieve the success and credibility of older news agencies, such as the [[BBC]]. However it achieved a great deal of recognition during its coverage of the first Gulf War during which it was the only news agency reporting during the initial night of the war. These events led to a movie, ''Live from Baghdad'', which portrays the events. In September 2010, head of its U.S. network Jon Klein was fired. <ref>http://writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/Coursetexts/gulf-war-arnett.html</ref> Ted Turner has sold CNN to Time Warner.
During its early years it struggled to achieve the success and credibility of older news agencies, such as the news divisions of ABC, NBC, CBS, and [[BBC]]. However it achieved a great deal of recognition during its coverage of the first Gulf War during which it was the only news agency reporting during the initial night of the war. These events led to a movie, ''Live from Baghdad'', which portrays the events. In September 2010, head of its U.S. network Jon Klein was fired. <ref>http://writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/Coursetexts/gulf-war-arnett.html</ref> Ted Turner has sold CNN to Time Warner.
==Ratings and reception==
==Ratings and reception==