Peter Ford, first Australian to anchor CNN, reflects on Ted Turner's legacy

from Radio National Breakfast · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Ted Turner - the founder of CNN - has died overnight at the age of 87.He was the media mogul who - nearly 50 years ago - invented the concept of 24-hour news.GUEST: Peter Ford, the first Australian to anchor CNN and founder of Control BionicsPRODUCER: Luke Siddham-Dundon and Katie McAllister

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