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‘Call Me Ted’ Duo on Why Studying Ted Turner’s Legacy as a Media Maverick Is More Urgent Than Ever
The producer and director of the Max docu series 'Call Me Ted' say it's more urgent than ever to study Ted Turner's legacy as a media maverick.
The six-part series probes the highs and lows of the innovative, Atlanta-based media mogul who helped drive the cable revolution with TBS, TNT, Turner Classic Movies, Cartoon Network and the dawn of 24/7 global TV news with CNN. She also recruited support and funding for the project from the cable Brahmins who benefited from Turner’s bold vision: John Malone, Brian Roberts and Charles Dolan, who died in December at age 98. Levin feels there’s new urgency to studying how Turner managed to scale the hurdles that he faced as an independent media operator, given the Trump administration’s assault on journalism, legal and democratic norms.
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