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1st June 1980: CNN begins broadcasting as the first 24-hour news channel
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Summary
Media entrepreneur Ted Turner assembled a newsroom capable of operating at all hours, recruiting journalists, and establishing technical systems for live reporting of events, supplemented by analysis, interviews, and repeated ...