Turner Broadcasting System
American media conglomerate
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| 2024 | Lazytown Entertainment was sold back to Magnus Scheving. |
| 2023 | The Warner Bros. Discovery Sports division was renamed to TNT Sports, incorporating Discovery's sports properties like Eurosport. |
| April 8 2022 | WarnerMedia merged with Discovery, Inc. to form Warner Bros. Discovery, with almost all ad-supported cable networks brought under Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks. |
| December 30 2020 | Turner was reincorporated in Delaware following the corporate restructuring. |
| August 10 2020 | WarnerMedia Entertainment and Warner Bros. Entertainment assets were merged to form WarnerMedia Studios & Networks Group. |
| March 4 2019 | AT&T announced a major reorganization to dissolve Turner Broadcasting System, dispersing its assets across WarnerMedia Entertainment, WarnerMedia News & Sports, and Warner Bros. Entertainment. |
| December 2018 | Turner Broadcasting sold the rights to the Court TV brand and its pre-2008 original programming library to Katz Broadcasting. |
| June 15 2018 | John Martin announced his departure as CEO following AT&T's completed acquisition of Time Warner. |
| June 14 2018 | Time Warner, including Turner Broadcasting System, was acquired by AT&T and re-branded as WarnerMedia. The 'Turner' corporate brand was phased out. |
| March 22 2018 | Six Flags and Riverside Group announced a partnership with Turner Asia Pacific to bring attractions based on Tuzki and other Turner-owned IPs to theme parks in China. |
| June 2017 | Turner Podcast Network was formed, with Tyler Moody named as general manager and vice president of the unit. |
| April 2017 | WPCH-TV was sold to Meredith Corporation to expedite the sale of Time Warner to AT&T. |
| 2015 | The Atlanta Hawks were resold to Tony Ressler. |
| October 2015 | Turner launched a streaming-video network called Great Big Story. |
| August 14 2015 | Turner Broadcasting acquired a majority stake in iStreamPlanet, a video streaming services company, in a deal reported to be around $200 million. |
| August 2014 | Turner prepared to offer buy-outs to 550 employees as part of company restructuring, with plans to reduce workforce by 10% (1,475 people) across various units. |
| January 1 2014 | John K. Martin succeeded Phil Kent as chairman and CEO of Turner Broadcasting. |
| April 12 2012 | Turner announced the shutdown of Imagine TV due to poor ratings, with the channel being officially closed by May 12, 2012. Lumiere Movies was also shut down in July. |
| 2011 | The Atlanta Thrashers were resold to True North Sports and Entertainment, becoming the Winnipeg Jets. |
| September 8 2011 | Turner Broadcasting System acquired LazyTown Entertainment, the producer of the TV series LazyTown. |
| 2010 | GameTap was closed after its acquisition by Metaboli. |
| August 26 2010 | Turner Broadcasting took full control of Chilevisión, a television channel owned by the President of Chile Sebastián Piñera. |
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