Editing Turner Broadcasting System (section)

{{short description|American media conglomerate (1965–2019)}} 
{{about|the company|the namesake channel that was owned by this company|TBS (American TV channel)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{more citations needed|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
| logo = [[File:Turner Broadcasting System 2015.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| logo_caption = Final logo, used from 2015 to 2019
| image = Atlanta-cnn-center-aerial.jpg
| image_caption = Headquarters at the [[CNN Center]]
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| traded_as = {{ubl|{{AMEX was|TBS.A}}|{{AMEX was|TBS.B}}}}
| industry = {{ubl|[[Entertainment industry|Entertainment]]|[[Cable television]]|[[Mass media]]|[[Interactive media]]}}
| former_names = Turner Communications Group (1965–1979)
| defunct = {{end date|2019}}
| fate = Assets dispersed to other [[WarnerMedia]]/[[Warner Bros. Discovery]] divisions
| foundation = {{Sda|1965|05|12}}
| successors = {{ubl|[[Warner Bros. Discovery Networks]]|[[Warner Bros. Discovery International]]|[[TNT Sports]]}}
| founder = [[Ted Turner]]
| hq_location = [[CNN Center]]
| hq_location_city = [[Atlanta, Georgia]]
| hq_location_country = United States
| key_people = {{unbulleted list|
Casey Bloys ([[President (corporate title)|president]]/Head of programming)
 | [[Gerhard Zeiler]] (president, [[Warner Bros. Discovery International]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/06/15/media/warnermedia-john-stankey-announcements/index.html|title=Time Warner's new name: WarnerMedia|first=Brian|last=Stelter|date=15 June 2018|website=CNNMoney|access-date=14 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215081726/https://money.cnn.com/2018/06/15/media/warnermedia-john-stankey-announcements/index.html|archive-date=15 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
| brands = {{Flatlist|
* [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]]
* [[Turner Classic Movies]]
* [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]]
* [[TruTV]]
* [[CNN|Cable News Network]]
* [[Cartoon Network]]
* [[Adult Swim]]
* [[Boomerang (TV network)|Boomerang]]
}}
| parent = [[WarnerMedia]] (1996–2019)
| divisions = [[Turner Sports]]
| subsid = {{Unbulleted list|
* [[Warner Bros. Discovery International|Turner International]]
* [[Cartoon Network Studios]]
* [[Williams Street]]
* [[Studio T]]
}}
| homepage = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20190303234514/http://turner.com|turner.com}} (archived March 3, 2019)
| footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100240/0000950144-94-000787.txt|title=Form 10-K}}</ref>
}}
'''Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'''<ref>{{Citation |title=Certificate of Authority: Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. |date=October 22, 2024 |url=https://ecorp.sos.ga.gov/BusinessSearch/DownloadFile?filingNo=28177877 |work=Georgia Corporations Division |publisher=[[Georgia Secretary of State]] |access-date=December 27, 2024 |id=Filing {{abbr|No.|Number}} 28177877}}</ref> was an American television and [[media conglomerate]] founded by [[Ted Turner]] in 1965. Based in [[Atlanta]], Georgia, it merged with [[WarnerMedia|Time Warner]] (later WarnerMedia) on October 10, 1996. As of April 2022, all of its assets are now owned by [[Warner Bros. Discovery]] (WBD). The headquarters of Turner's properties were largely located at the [[CNN Center]] in [[Downtown Atlanta]], and the Turner Broadcasting campus off Techwood Drive in [[Midtown Atlanta]], which also houses [[Turner Entertainment|Techwood Studios]]. Some of their operations were housed within WBD's corporate and global headquarters inside [[30 Hudson Yards]] in [[Manhattan]]'s [[West Side (Manhattan)|West Side]] district, and at [[Park Avenue South|230 Park Avenue South]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]], both in [[New York City]], respectively.

Turner was known for several pioneering innovations in U.S. [[multichannel television]], including its satellite uplink of local Atlanta [[Independent station (North America)|independent station]] [[WPCH-TV|WTCG]] channel 17 as [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]]—one of the first national "[[superstation]]s", and its establishment of the Cable News Network ([[CNN]])—the first 24-hour [[news channel]]. It later launched a sister cable network, [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]]; the professional wrestling promotion [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW), the animation-centered [[Cartoon Network]] (which later spawned an adult-oriented night-time sister network in the form of [[Adult Swim]], as well as the classic-cartoon channel [[Boomerang (TV network)|Boomerang]]), and the classic-movie channel [[Turner Classic Movies]] (TCM). [[Turner South]]—a network devoted to [[Regional sports network|regional sports]] and [[Southern United States|southern]] lifestyle programming—was launched by Turner in 1999, but was later sold to [[Fox Sports Networks]] in 2006 to form [[Bally Sports Southeast|SportSouth]]. The same year, it acquired [[Liberty Media]]'s stake in their joint venture [[TruTV|Court TV]]. WCW assets were later sold to the [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF, now WWE) in 2001.

On June 14, 2018, Time Warner, including Turner Broadcasting System, was acquired by telecom firm [[AT&T]] and re-branded WarnerMedia. After the purchase, "Turner" was phased out as a corporate brand, and its properties were dispersed into either WarnerMedia Entertainment (TBS, TNT, and [[TruTV]]), WarnerMedia News & Sports (CNN, [[Warner Bros. Discovery Sports|Turner Sports]], and [[AT&T SportsNet]]), or brought directly under [[Warner Bros.]] ([[Cartoon Network]], [[Adult Swim]], and [[Turner Classic Movies]]). On August 10, 2020, the WarnerMedia Entertainment and Warner Bros. Entertainment assets were merged to form WarnerMedia Studios & Networks Group.<ref name="deadline-wmlayoffs">{{cite web|title=WarnerMedia Begins Layoffs In Latest Streamlining Effort|url=https://deadline.com/2020/08/warnermedia-begins-layoffs-in-latest-streamlining-effort-1203008860/|first=Dade|last=Hayes|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=August 10, 2020|access-date=August 31, 2020}}</ref><ref name="thr-wmlayoffs">{{cite web|title=Bob Greenblatt, Kevin Reilly Out Amid Major WarnerMedia Restructuring|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bob-greenblatt-kevin-reilly-major-warnermedia-restructuring-1306486|first=Lesley|last=Goldberg|periodical=The Hollywood Reporter|date=August 7, 2020|access-date=August 31, 2020}}</ref>

As of 2020, AT&T reported the financial results for WarnerMedia's ad-supported cable networks under the Turner business unit,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/732717/000156276220000171/t-20200331.htm|title=AT&T 2020 1Q 10-Q filing|publisher=Securities and Exchange Commission|date=May 5, 2020|access-date=July 15, 2020}}</ref> while also using the term "'''the TNets'''" to refer to the group of TBS, TNT, and TruTV in press releases.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=2022-05-04 |title=SAG Awards Will No Longer Air on TNT and TBS After 25 Years |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/sag-awards-tnt-tbs-1235258176/ |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The TNets Launch the MORE Campaign {{!}} Pressroom |url=https://pressroom.warnermedia.com/us/media-release/tnt-north-america/tnets-launch-more |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322121522/https://pressroom.warnermedia.com/us/media-release/tnt-north-america/tnets-launch-more |archive-date=2022-03-22 |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=pressroom.warnermedia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Breaking News - The TNets Announce Summer Premiere Dates for New & Returning Series  |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2022/05/05/the-tnets-announce-summer-premiere-dates-for-new-and-returning-series-485213/20220505warnermedia02/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=[[The Futon Critic]]}}</ref> On April 8, 2022, WarnerMedia merged with [[Discovery, Inc.]] to form [[Warner Bros. Discovery]], and almost all of both companies' ad-supported cable networks were brought under the unit Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks.