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Reese Schonfeld (1931 – 2020), cofounder of CNN and Food Network
Reese Schonfeld was the cofounder and first president of CNN, later going on to cofound Food Network.Trained as a lawyer, Schonfeld never practiced. Instead, he got his start working in newsreels with United Press Movietone News, then founded the Independent Television News Association to provide news footage to TV stations.