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{{Short description|2008 book by Ted Turner}}
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'''''Call Me Ted''''' is an [[autobiography]] written by American businessman [[Ted Turner]], released on November 10, 2008.<ref name="Atlanta">{{cite news |first=Phil |last=Kloer |title="Call Me Ted" — what else do you call him? |work=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=10 November 2008 |access-date=12 November 2008 |url=http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/entries/2008/11/10/ted_turners_autobiography_hits.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100101064946/http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/entries/2008/11/10/ted_turners_autobiography_hits.html |archive-date=2010-01-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The book was written over the course of three years with the help of Bill Burke, a former executive for [[TBS (TV network)|TBS]].<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |first=Tim |last=Arango |title=Turner Taps Former Executive to Put His Life Down on Paper |work=New York Times |date=9 November 2008 |access-date=12 November 2008|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/business/media/10turner.html?ref=business }}</ref>
Critical reaction to the book has been mixed. Chief amongst the concerns cited is that his desire not to dwell in the past raises inherent difficulties when writing an autobiography.<ref name="Gate">{{cite news |first=Michael S. |last=Roth |coauthors= |title=Review: 'Call Me Ted,' by Ted Turner |curly=y |work=San Francisco Chronicle |page= |date=11 November 2008 |accessdate=12 November 2008|quote= |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/10/DD4L141JAN.DTL }}</ref> However, the details of his business transactions have earned praise.<ref name="Atlanta"/>▼
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After dropping out of college, Turner began working for his father's billboard company, slowly turning it into an international media empire, including the creation of the first 24-hour news channel ''[[CNN]]''. Also discussed are some of Turner's more controversial business moves, such as the disastrous [[merger]] of his corporation [[Time Warner]] with [[AOL]].<ref name="ABC">{{cite news |first=Joann |last=Brady |author2=Lee Ferran |title=Turner: Tough Father 'Made Me a Better Man' |work=ABC News |access-date=12 November 2008|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=6222003 }}</ref>
▲* [[Ted Turner]]
The book delves into Turner's personal life, including the death of his teenage sister, the suicide of his father, and his ten-year marriage to [[Jane Fonda]], an [[Academy Award]] [[Academy Award for Best Actress|winning actress]].<ref name="ABC"/><ref name="Napervile">{{cite news |first=Susan Frick |last=Carlman |title=Turner sets Naperville stop on book tour |work=Naperville Sun |date=11 November 2008 |access-date=12 November 2008|url=http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1271937,6_1_NA11_TURNER_S1.article }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
== References ==▼
==Reception==
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''[[USA Today]]'' said that "Turner's personality infuses every page of ''Call Me Ted''," and named it "One of the best business books of 2008." ''[[The Economist]]'' said that "Mr. Turner is surprisingly candid... There is a remarkable lack of regret in Mr. Turner's writing, or of defensiveness... Mr. Turner's mantra seems to be to keep moving on." ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' said, "The new memoir ''Call Me Ted'' makes the Mouth of the South seem like a pleasant-even modest!-creature."<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Call-Me-Ted-Turner/dp/product-description/B0044KN1PI/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books|title = Call Me Ted|date = November 2009}}</ref>
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[[Category:2008 non-fiction books]]
[[Category:American autobiographies]]
[[Category:Turner Broadcasting System]]
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