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    Ted Turner Took Elizabeth Dewberry To The 'Georgia Rule' Premiere!

    They make a cute couple! Tedlizabeth? Turnberry? Dewner? We'll let Us Weekly sort that one out, I guess. More »
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    Elizabeth Dewberry Left Robert Olen Butler To Join Ted Turner's Collection

    "The novelists Robert Olen Butler, 50, and Elizabeth Dewberry, 32, knew they were meant for each other when they could sit in a room together and not only write but also write well," begins that couple's Vows announcement from twelve years ago. And earlier today we wondered what Pulitzer winner's wife left him for a captain of industry. Now we've gotten what we believe is the full insane insane INSANE email that Bob Butler sent to his department, describing the breakup of their relationship. More »
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    Enemies List: Rupert Murdoch

    No one but the Devil knows every name on Rupert Murdoch's enemies list, and that's only because Satan takes dictation from Murdoch. Still, the News Corp. chairman has an impressive history of racking up nemeses on several continents. So far, he's either wrestled them to the carpet or held them at bay in one form or another. But even with regular infusions of industrial-strength nookie from a wife half his age, the man still has to watch the ramparts for skulking invaders. To that end, consider a short and by no means comprehensive list of Murdoch's opponents — past, present, future, or some combination thereof. More »
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    Ted Turner Calls Rupert Murdoch A Cheap Bastard

    Increasingly irrelevant media ex-mogul Ted Turner appeared in Denver yesterday for a college fundraiser. The famously mouthy philanthropist couldn't resist taking a shot at a former rival:
    But don't ask him to share warm feelings about Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp., or Time Warner Inc., which purchased Turner Broadcasting System Inc. in 1996. "There is one person I don't like," he said of Murdoch. Turner lambasted Murdoch - whose net worth is $7.7 billion, according to Forbes magazine. "He gives nothing to charity," said Turner, whose net worth is estimated at $1.9 billion.
    Ted, Ted, so ungenerous. And unfair: Murdoch gives away millions each year. More »
  • Morgan Stanley continues to slap Sulzberger around. [NYP] More »
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    AOL creepy user watch: Volume 10

    Continuing Valleywag's tireless coverage of the AOL users whose search records were exposed to the world last weekend: More »
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    Comment by BarelyFitz: Doing a google search for "steak and cheese", the first result is an "adult" site. This makes me want to... more » | Other threads

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    Media Bubble: Ted and David and Katie and Anderson

    Ted Turner sells his memoir for $4.5 million; David Carr sells his for $300k. [NYP] More »
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    Media Bubble: Memoirs May Be Beautiful, and Yet

    Fortune editor to co-write Alan Greenspan's memoir. He's say he's excited, but that might be viewed as irrationally exuberant. [NYT] More »
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    Ted Turner to Leave Time Warner Board

    It's a sad day for garrulous southerners everywhere: Ted Turner has announced that his time at Time Warner has come to an end. While Turner's involvement hasn't been quite so great over the past few years, he's still remained somewhat of a company icon. He gave no reason for his decision to end his involvement at the end of the term, but it seems no small coincidence that this has come just after shareholder Carl Icahn threw a burning bag of dog shit around the Time Warner offices. More »
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    When Media Whores Become Charity Whores

    Slate's annual list of the 60 largest charitable contributions of 2005 is out: the late Cordelia Scaife May emerges as the biggest contributor, having left her $404 million estate to charity; Bill and Melinda Gates come in second with $320 million. But what about our favorite media moguls? More »
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    Comment by Ron Mwangaguhunga: Leaving aside the general obnoxiousness of Oprah donating to causes that elevate her media image, does Larry Ellison's plump donation... more » | Other threads

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    Ted Turner on Rupert Murdoch

    Ted Turner on News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch: "He's a very dangerous person. He's proven it during this war. He's been willing to have his media support the war in almost surprising fashion. He's exploiting this war to help build the circulation for his television network and his newspapers...This is Murdoch's war." More »
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    AOL/TW execs accused of insider trading

    Two institutional shareholders have accused AOL/Time Warner Chairman Steve Case of insider trading in a related lawsuit. Also named were Vice Chairman Ted Turner, Chief Executive Officer Richard Parsons, former CEO Gerald Levin, and former Chief Operating Officer Bob Pittman. This is so...*yawn*....surprising. More »
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    Ted Turner, war reporter

    Ted Turner on volunteering to report from Baghdad for CNN: "I did say, 'Well, you know, if nobody else will do it, I'll do it.' And they said, 'No.' But, because I'm sixty-four, and I've been pretty well wiped out anyway, I might as well go out. I thought it'd be kind of good—here I am, going down in flames. I think it would be a dramatic way to exit the world. But they turned me down, and, really, it probably wasn't that good an idea. They said, 'You're not really qualified to do it.' I said, 'Well, all you have to do is hold the microphone up and say, 'The bombs are falling all around me.' There's no magic to this game." More »
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    The quotable Ted Turner

    Ted Turner on the AOL/TW merger: "I'd rather go back and be with one of my ex-wives than go through this again...If you ever have the chance to merge with AOL, stay away." Ted's Happiness-Is-a-Private-Plane philosophy: "To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you're truly wireless." More »
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    Ted Turner, center of attention

    The NYT recalls a recent appearance by former AOL/TW Chairman Ted Turner at a New Yorker breakfast in which he told his audience that he had volunteered to report from Iraq for CNN, sang verses of "Don't Fence Me In," and said he "relished the idea of challenging the media mogul Rupert Murdoch, 72, to a fistfight." Murdoch's response: "The last thing Ted needs these days is a licking from me." More »
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    Remainders

    · Ted Turner sends self back in time to prevent AOL/TW merger [TheOnion] More »
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    AOL death knell

    AOL lost 170,000 users in the last quarter. Somewhere in Atlanta (or Florida), Ted Turner is smirking. More »
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    Gossip roundup

    · Universal isn't hosting its annual post-Grammy bash for fear of a rap-rivalry shootout. [Page Six] More »
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    Ted Turner buys AOL/TW?

    In the Gawker sequel to "Ted Turner runs like hell" (tentatively titled, "Sneaky, sneaky Ted"), Ted Turner considers buying all of AOL/TW. How's that for revenge? More »
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    Ted Turner runs like hell

    In case you missed the whole "$44.9 billion loss" part of the post on the new AOL/TW building, you should know that Ted Turner has also resigned as Vice-Chairman of the company. Seems like only yesterday Turner was waxing poetic about the merger and saying he hadn't had this much fun since he'd lost his virginity. More »
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    Gossip roundup

    · Woody Allen is incensed over new play, Who Killed Woody Allen? [Page Six] More »
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    AOL/TW on the big screen

    Vanity Fair's Nina Munk is following the AOL/TW saga in preparation for a book. If it's optioned for film, Munk's casting choices are as follows: "Peter Gallagher as Bob Pittman; Burt Reynolds as Ted Turner; Dustin Hoffman as Gerald Levin; James Earl Jones as Richard Parsons; and either Michael Douglas or Kiefer Sutherland (with his hair darkened, presumably) as Steve Case." More »
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    Parsons suggests "Two Towers" will win Best Picture Oscar

    AOL/TW chief, Richard Parsons, exhibiting no obvious signs of heavy narcotic use, suggests that The Two Towers is an Oscar contender in the Best Picture category. This must be another item on the "wishful thinking" list that includes "Steve Case, turnaround artist," and "Ted Turner develops permanent laryngitis." More »
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