RIP - Ted Turner
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Was an interesting guy.
Honestly, I thought he had passed a while ago.
Honestly, I thought he had passed a while ago.
He was once the largest private landowner in the US.
WHO IS AMERICA’S
LARGEST LANDOWNER?
This question is the quest of the Land Report 100 Research Team all year long.In 2026, America’s largest private landowner is Stan Kroenke, who controls an estimated 2,700,000 acres nationwide. In December, Kroenke cemented his position at the top of the rankings by completing the single-largest land purchase in the United States in more than a decade—acquiring more than 937,000 deeded acres of ranchland in New Mexico from the heirs of Teledyne founder Henry Singleton (1916–1999).
Kroenke is followed by Red Emmerson and his family, who rank second with 2,440,000 acres in California, Oregon, and Washington through their timber-products company, Sierra Pacific Industries. The Emmersons vaulted into the top tier of American landownership in 2021 after purchasing 175,000 acres in Oregon from Seneca Timber Company, a move that pushed them past Liberty Media chairman John Malone, now the nation’s third-largest landowner with 2,200,000 acres.
Rounding out the upper ranks is CNN founder Ted Turner, who stands fourth with 2 million acres spanning the Southeast, the Great Plains, and the American West.
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I always think of this skit when Ted Turner is brought up.
Start at about 3:22
Start at about 3:22
Ted turner brought this movie to life. Based on the book, “the killer angels” by Michael Shaara. Incredible battle scenes that you do not see anymore with an all star cast and thousands of reenactors.
it made Gettysburg move from an auto tourist destination to a walking tourist attraction.
it made Gettysburg move from an auto tourist destination to a walking tourist attraction.
As a new(ish) retiree to NM this is pretty cool, I had no idea he did so much for conservationists
New Mexico conservationists, elected officials mourn ‘conservation icon’ Ted Turner
New Mexico elected officials and conservation leaders on May 6, 2026, praised Ted Turner's conservation work after his family announced his death at 87.
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and he gave away +/-$1B about 25 years ago...
To me it was always a walking destination especially at night when one of the brothers left their Diet Coke at Devils Den!
What I admire Ted Turner for the most was using satellite technology to give his Channel 17 "Superstation" national reach. He gave the Atlanta Braves a national audience (not saying I'm a huge Braves fan, but I admire how he made them more than just a local team). His later forays into cable TV (CNN, TNT, etc.) built upon that and changed the cable landscape from just retransmission of local channels. And, his creation of TCM, an absolute gem, is a great legacy, and I hope it continues.
And I'll hit the hot button - I admire Turner for colorizing old movies. As a kid who grew up with black and white TV, getting color was like having a new world opened. Turner got a ton of heat for colorizing movies like Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon, but you have to admit that the colorization brought these movies to a new generation. The "auteurs" who crabbed about the colorization changing their "vision" never mentioned that the studios wouldn't pony up the money for color because it was so expensive, at the time. Nope, they "wanted" to do their movies in B&W - ya right.
A final salute to "Captain Outrageous." May he RIP.
And I'll hit the hot button - I admire Turner for colorizing old movies. As a kid who grew up with black and white TV, getting color was like having a new world opened. Turner got a ton of heat for colorizing movies like Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon, but you have to admit that the colorization brought these movies to a new generation. The "auteurs" who crabbed about the colorization changing their "vision" never mentioned that the studios wouldn't pony up the money for color because it was so expensive, at the time. Nope, they "wanted" to do their movies in B&W - ya right.
A final salute to "Captain Outrageous." May he RIP.
+1. I had no idea, outside if his Americas Cup and sailing and TV stuff, of all his other accomplishments. I think the environmentalism and conservationism that he did here in NM and Montana is amazing. Thank you.