Ted Turner, Creator of CNN, Has Died at 87
From WSJ Minute Briefing by The Wall Street Journal
May 6, 2026 · 2 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the death of Ted Turner, the creator of CNN, along with insights on Disney's new CEO and Chinese AI lab DeepSeek's fundraising efforts.
Plus: Disney’s new CEO lays out his vision for the company. And Chinese AI lab DeepSeek seeks to raise money at a $50 billion valuation. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Alex Ossola
Topics covered
- Ted Turner
- CNN
- Disney
- DeepSeek
- AI
- business news
Keywords
- Ted Turner
- CNN
- Disney
- DeepSeek
- AI
- business
- news
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Organizations: CNN, Disney, DeepSeek
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