The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner.http://meandted.com/author.htm Me and Ted ... Reese Schonfeld Biohttp://cnn.com/COMMUNITY/transcripts/2000/5/8/bierbauer/ Charles Bierbauer, CNN senior Washington correspondent, discusses his 19-year career at CNN. It is a division of the Turner Broadcasting System, owned by Time Warner.