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Article: D'Alba keeps fighting for CNN; after beating cancer, battling Fox News isn't all that harrowing.(FIFTH ESTATER)(Greg D' Alba)
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- Broadcasting & Cable
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- October 17, 2005
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As a rookie salesman for CNN in New York City two decades ago, Greg D' Alba faced a ban on taking taxis to call on clients. Times were so tough that salespeople were forced to ride the subway. The upside was that sometimes the young account executive got to take the train with his tight-fisted boss, Ted Turner.
At the time, the flamboyant CNN founder was quietly facing a financial crisis. But to the public, Turner was a rock star, well known from his frequent appearances on TV and magazine covers.
"He'd have people from the other end of the car yelling, 'Hey Ted! How ya doin', Ted!'" says D'Alba. "He'd be high-riving people. He'd look at me and say, ...