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Ted Turner, CNN founder who reshaped global news, dies at 87
CNN founder Ted Turner has died at 87 (dw); Ted Turner, CNN founder, dies at 87 (cbsnews)
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S1994 · 119th Congress
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This story is about Ted Turner's media legacy. This bill would narrow the statutory definition of a cable “franchise fee” to monetary assessments.
If passed, it would:
- Narrow the statutory definition of a cable “franchise fee” to monetary assessments (as opposed to any assessment “of • Potentially reduce how much non-monetary/in-kind obligations are treated as counting toward the franchise-fee cap.