CNN was Ted Turner’s brainchild. It faces a precarious future | Margaret Sullivan

Turner’s original vision is under serious threat these days

Ted Turner, who died on Wednesday aged 87, was many things – a philanthropist, a conservationist, the one-time husband of movie star Jane Fonda, a yachtsman and the owner of the Atlanta Braves and the Atlanta Hawks.

He thought big and lived large.

Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist writing on media, politics and culture