Call Me Ted is an autobiography

Autobiography

An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...

 written by American businessman Ted Turner

Ted Turner

Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III is an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the cable news network CNN, the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television...

 and released on November 10, 2008. The book was written over the course of three years with the help of Bill Burke, a former executive for TBS. The book delves into several facets of Turner's personal life, including the death of his teenage sister, the suicide of his father, and his ten year marriage to Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru. She rose to fame in the 1960s with films such as Barbarella and Cat Ballou. She has won two Academy Awards and received several other movie awards and nominations during more than 50 years as an...

, an Academy Award winning actress

Academy Award for Best Actress

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...

. Also discussed are some of Turner's more controversial business moves, such as the disastrous merger of his corporation Time Warner

Time Warner

Time Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...

 with AOL

AOL

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Critical reaction

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. However, the details of his business transactions have earned praise.