In their childish innocence, a creature who used to watch the news (didn't understand it all, but was dazzled by live broadcasts, images, and correspondents) asked how they would manage on television to broadcast the news on a day when nothing happened. A few decades later, they still remember the impression the answer made on them: “There will be news every day because the world is very big and things always happen. In fact, today they could have told many more than they did.

Ted Turner, the media mogul and founder of CNN, passed away this Wednesday at the age of 87, as reported by the US news channel itself. The American entrepreneur revolutionized the global information landscape with the launch of what was the first 24-hour news channel in 1980. Over the years, Turner built a vast media empire that includes channels such as TBS, TCM, and TNT, and turned CNN into an international news reference. The cause of death has not been made public, but in 2018 Turner explained that he suffered from Lewy body dementia, a neurodegenerative disease.