CNN history

However, Turner continued to invest in building up the network’s news bureaus around the world and in 1983, he bought Satellite News Channel, owned in part by ABC, and thereby eliminated CNN’s main competitor.

The channel's success made a bona-fide mogul of founder Ted Turner and set the stage for conglomerate Time Warner's eventual acquisition of the Turner Broadcasting System in 1996.

CNN+ (CNN Plus) was a Spanish language 24-hour television news channel that was launched in 1999 as a joint venture by Sogecable and Turner Broadcasting.

On June 1, 2004, opening statements begin in the trial of Scott Peterson, accused of murdering his wife Laci and the couple’s unborn son.

Others include then–Pentagon correspondent Wolf Blitzer (now host of The Situation Room since August 8, 2005) and international correspondent Christiane Amanpour.

On June 3 and 5, 2007, CNN teamed up with Saint Anselm College to sponsor the New Hampshire Republican and Democratic Debates.

CNN's debate and election night coverage led to its highest ratings of the year, with January 2008 viewership averaging 1.1 million viewers, a 41% increase over the previous year.

The management announced that CNN+ would be closed on December 31, 2010.

In that same year she began working as a special correspondent and investigative reporter for the Oprah Winfrey Show; she continued with the program until it ended in 2011.

On November 20, 2017, the Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit over the acquisition.

A Georgia historical marker for CNN was dedicated on May 24, 2018.

Meanwhile, in late May 2019, CNN International announced it was reducing its programming and staff based in London to reduce costs, citing losses of $10 million per-year.

On May 29, 2020, the CNN Center became the scene of rioting in response to the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, four days earlier.

As of 2021 CNN runs 36 editorial operations around the world with 27 bureaus outside of United States6