Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN, and the Birth of 24-Hour News

by Lisa Napoli

Book Overview

NPR Best Books of 2020

The wild inside story of the birth of CNN and dawn of the age of 24-hour news

How did we get from an age of dignified nightly news broadcasts on three national networks to the age of 24-hour channels and constantly breaking news? The answer--thanks to Ted Turner and an oddball cast of cable television visionaries, big league rejects, and nonunion newbies--can be found in the basement of an abandoned country...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419743066
• ISBN13: 9781419743061
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"