Ted Turner's infamous feud with Rupert Murdoch began in a Hobart boathouse

Ted Turner, Rupert Murdoch Feud Explained: A 40-Year War That Almost Ended In A Fist Fight

The feud between Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch, two of the most combative figures in television news, began in the 1980s and played out from Australia's Sydney to Hobart yacht race to the American cable wars, with one reported flashpoint ending in Turner proposing a fist fight in Las Vegas. It is the sort of rivalry that sounds too theatrical to be true, which is precisely why it has endured. Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch: A Media Feud for the A…

Ted Turner's infamous feud with Rupert Murdoch began in a Hobart boathouse

The two media moguls shared a bitter rivalry for decades after some drunken comments at a Hobart boathouse. Here's how their rivalry unfolded through the years.

CNN's Ted Turner once proposed a 'fist fight' with Fox News' Rupert Murdoch

CNN founder Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch, who launched Fox News back in 1996, had a long-standing feud that almost turned physical when Turner proposed a 'fist fight'

Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch: A Media Feud for the Ages

When the news broke Wednesday that Ted Turner, the renowned media and sports mogul, had died at the age of 87, leading voices in the media and entertainment world showered praise upon his legacy. “He believed deeply in the power of ideas, in doing things differently and in building platforms that could inform, inspire and […]