2/4 🧵 Robert Edward Turner III was born on November 19, 1938, in Cincinnati and grew up largely in the American South. His father ran a billboard business, and Turner eventually took it over after his father’s death, turning a regional advertising company into the base of a media empire. That pattern defined him: inherit something solid, then go completely off the rails in the most profitable direction possible. He bought a struggling Atlanta UHF station, transformed it into the “superstation” WTBS beamed nationally by satellite, and proved cable could compete with the old broadcast giants. Wikipedia NPR
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