Maurice “Reese” Schonfeld, who helped launch the cable news era as the first president of CNN, has died. He was 88. A brash newsman from Newark, N.J., he teamed up with Ted Turner in 1979 to create CNN, which launched on June 1, 1980.
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April 25, 2024
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