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We have to do more than keep media giants from growing larger they're already too big. We need a new set of rules that will break these huge companies to pieces.

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Ted Turner
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: November 19
Businessman
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Media Proprietor
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Edward Turner III
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