Here is CNN's success story: Who started the 24-hour news broadcast?

Here is CNN's story…

On the first Sunday of June 1980, when the Americans turn on the television at 17:00, they find the couple named Dawid Walker and Lois Hart on the screen with the CNN The News Channel logo. This husband and wife couple go down in history by getting the chance to present the first news of CNN, one of the most important news channels in media history. And so the CNN story began.

About CNN and Time Warner

Ted Turner (1938), whose founder was first described as a 'philanthropic businessman' and 'yacht lover', said hello to broadcasting life with his wife and 200 employees. It was recorded as America's first 24-hour live news channel. It was established as a company within Time Warner. (Time Warner company, on the other hand, is currently the world's largest media and entertainment company.) CNN and Time Warner managed to occupy the most important parts of our lives, and without exaggeration, they influenced the whole world in a not too long period of 40 years.

We lived our childhood with the cartoons of Warner Bross within Time Warner. In our childhood, there were cartoons such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Superman. He influenced our youth with his movies and we always dreamed that we would be a superhero. (Batman, Superman et al).

Carton Network, HBO, TCM, all of these, and dozens of other big companies that we can't count are included in Time Warner. The budget of the company is estimated to be close to 100 billion dollars. The company provides services in many areas such as entertainment, cinema, cable-wireless internet service and satellite broadcasts.

CNN's success

To begin with, it's worth noting that behind the success of CNN, it's not just journalism. Since its establishment, CNN is a company that has diversified and managed to shift its profits to other areas on 'journalism' through partnerships it has established in different fields.

It has always doubled its brand value and has always risen with profit-oriented policies. As a brand, it has established 18 different CNN Branded TVs. It is a media organization that can easily reach 2 billion people through CNN Worldwide and its internet connection and mobile services produced by Time Warner.

CNN in 212 countries in 7 languages

Headquartered in Atalanta, USA, CNN can distribute news to 14 different news services by broadcasting in 7 different languages ​​as a news channel and website. It also has more than 900 CNN-affiliated local news stations and several regional networks around the world. Reaching more than 212 countries, CNN can be seen in 110 million homes and hotel rooms in the USA and more than 260 million in the world.

This means that CNN is constantly expanding with the understanding of 'where you do not go, there is no journalism where you are not' and manages to collect all the developments and information in the world: "Yes!! 'CNN' is the World Leader in Journalism"

CNN EFFECT AND HISTORICAL EVENTS

CNN was able to impose itself on the world by acting with the mission of 'informing and reporting' on the most important and historical events in the world. The 1991 Gulf War, September 11, the Iraq War, Afghanistan, the Arab Spring, the Egyptian Revolution were all leading roles in journalism in all these events.

Challenger disaster

Space Shuttle Challenger, which NASA used after Space Shuttle Colombia, exploded on its tenth and last flight after 1938, on January 28, 1986, and 6 of the astronaut 7 crew members lost their lives. Only CNN recorded this event in 1986, live and moment by moment.

CNN, which broadcast the Challenger's launch into space live, managed to capture the fragmentation of the shuttle, which exploded in the 73rd second after its launch, with cameras and achieved an important news reporting success. Videos related to this event could not be recorded by any television except CNN.

Rescue Jessica MCClure Morales

The attempt of the American media to save Baby Jessica, one of the important events to understand, was announced to the American public with the success of CNN live broadcast.

On October 14, 1987, an 18-month-old baby named Jessica fell into a deep well while playing in her aunt's garden. As soon as the event took place, CNN quickly took the news and reached the scene and managed to announce this event to the whole of America. CNN then drew the attention of the army of other media to this news. The American media about the baby, who was rescued after 58 hours, turned the rescue into a show.

Would CNN have survived if Jessica hadn't announced the news of the baby?

When we ask in this way, I think we have an idea about CNN and media influence.

First Gulf War…

Not long after Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, America invaded Iraq. Together with the American forces, 1400 journalists landed in the Gulf with their cameras, cameras and satellite devices in January 1991. The whole world was eagerly waiting for what would happen and wanted to learn moment by moment.

From the first minutes of the war, CNN switched to live satellite connection and provided instant information and image streams to the whole world, including the USA and the third world countries. Did he know that more than half a billion people followed him when he was given the first information of the bombardment from the Al-Rashid hotel by Bernard Shaw?

HOW CNN INTERNATIONAL WAS FOUNDED

The 1991 Gulf War was the most important turning point for CNN. It was necessary to maintain and increase the more than half a billion viewers it had achieved with the Iraq war. CNN was now a worldwide news channel. For this, he had to make serious investments and breakthroughs, which he did and CNN International was founded.

From 1991 to 2012, CNN has grown and always been a winner. CNN, which can be watched in 212 countries, has news offices and offices in more than 30 countries.