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  • Ted Turner Bids Media Conglomerate Adieu (BARF!)

    05/19/2006 11:33:46 AM PDT · by new yorker 77 · 14 replies · 749+ views
    The AP via Yahoo! News ^ | May 19, 2006 | Harry R. Weber
    Ted Turner Bids Media Conglomerate Adieu Without Usual Flare ATLANTA (AP) -- Ted Turner was uncharacteristically understated Friday as he departed Time Warner Inc., the media conglomerate that swallowed his cable network company and slowly sidelined him as a mover and shaker in the businesses that he helped to create. The CNN founder told Time Warner shareholders at their annual meeting he regrets not being able to do more for them. "I just wish the last five years I could have made a bigger contribution," Turner said. "I hung in there as long as I could. I've done my best."...