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Maurice "Reese" Schonfeld death

Maurice “Reese” Schonfeld Death | Maurice “Reese” Schonfeld Obituary – Maurice “Reese” Schonfeld, the first president of CNN who helped launch the cable news era has passed away. Schonfeld, a brash newsman from Newark, New Jersey, teamed up with Ted Turner in 1979 to create CNN, which launched on June 1, 1980. “Reese laid the entire foundation for CNN,” said Lisa Napoli, author of a recent book about the network’s founding. “It was Ted’s money but entirely Reese’s vision.”

Schonfeld hired anchors such as Bernard Shaw, Kathleen Sullivan, Lou Dobbs, and Mary Alice Williams. He created shows like “Crossfire.” And he oversaw the construction of the network in Atlanta. Schonfeld and Turner butted heads over programming decisions, like Schonfeld’s plan to remove prime time host Sandi Freeman, and Schonfeld’s reputation for overspending at a time when CNN was challenged financially. Turner fired him in 1982 and Reinhardt became president of CNN, followed by Johnson in 1990.

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