Ted Turner made his biggest hit in the 80's creating CNN the first tv channel delivering breaking news 24/24. Later on it expended its activities to the radio and the internet way before the bbc news did. Indeed you can now go to cnn com to check the latest in news, sports and weather. The brand also gave birth to new channels such as cnn headline news, whose Nancy Grace is a famous anchor. Wherever you go in the world cnn brings you the news and popular shows like Larry King live, Anderson Cooper 360 and the situation room thanks to its international network.
Nevertheless cable news did not stop the supremacy of tv networks news broadcasts. NBC, ABC and CBS still gather more than 20 million viewers every evening when cable news channels barely attract 5 million of them. But when it comes to such events as the presidential election results cable tv gets very competitive. Fox News became very famous in 2000 when it announced George Bush had been elected president before any other news service.
But can cnn compete with newspapers? Take the washington post it brings in-depth analysis and opininated articles that cable news channels could never feature.