CABLE NEWS NETWORK

(CNN) in full Cable News Network, Inc. subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., engaged in 24-hour live news broadcasts. Headquarters are in Atlanta, Ga. Cable News Network was created in June 1980 by Ted Turner (q.v.), founder of the Turner Broadcasting System. He established news bureaus in major American cities and in other cities throughout the world. The resulting continuous live news coverage, transmitted via satellite around the globe, had the advantage of immediacy. CNN gained worldwide attention in 1991 for its around-the-clock coverage, much of it broadcast from Iraq, of the Persian Gulf War. The company also operates the news channels Headline News and CNN International.