Reese Schonfeld
Reese Schonfeld (1931–2020) was an American television journalist and executive who co-founded CNN with Ted Turner in 1980, serving as the network's first president and CEO. He is credited with originating the 24-hour cable news concept and later went on to establish the Food Network in 1993. Schonfeld began his career with United Press Movietone News in 1956 and also developed local 24-hour news services including News 12 Long Island. He died on July 28, 2020, in Manhattan at the age of 88.
“This guy, Reese Schonfeld, who was originally the lawyer that wired up Ted's first satellite deal... he came up with this crazy idea... how about having a 24 hour news channel... he called it randomonium. — Marc Andreessen”
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