Ep. 80: Lisa Napoli on CNN, Ted Turner, and the Future of Cable News

The Realignment

Technology, News Commentary, National Security, Marshall Kosloff, International Relations, News, Public Policy, Economics, Politics, Saager Enjeti, U.s. Politics, Policy

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Subscribe to The Realignment podcast’s new newsletter via https://therealignment.substack.com/ Lisa Napoli, author of Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN, and the Birth of 24-Hour News, joins The Realignment to discuss the past, present, and future of CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC.

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0:00.0	Saga and Marshall here welcome back to the realignment.
0:04.0	Ted Turner married two technologies.
0:12.2	He sees this moment.
0:13.8	He got this thing up and running.
0:15.4	It almost didn't happen.
0:17.4	So many things went wrong.
0:18.9	Finally it got up.
0:20.2	People are like, what the hell is this?
0:21.9	Why the hell do we need this?
0:23.1	Who the hell wants it?
0:24.6	What's cable television?
0:26.4	Oh my god, everybody now all of a sudden goes from what's cable television?
0:29.9	Television too, I can't live without cable television.
0:33.5	And all of a sudden, you know, the vultures are swarming.
0:36.8	Everybody wants a piece of the action.
0:38.8	Fox comes in.
0:40.2	MSNBC comes in.
0:42.2	Everything changes.
0:48.4	We have an awesome show.
0:50.0	It's really near and dear to our hearts.
0:52.9	And of the stuff we work on every day.
0:54.4	We are speaking with Lisa Napoli.
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