Television news in the United States On Sundays it airs "Fox News Sunday", produced by its sister Fox News Channel. Fox does provide coverage of breaking news of major events such as presidential debates, primarily hosted by Fox News Channel anchor Shepard Smith. The advent of cable television in the United States led to the eventual birth of cable news. On June 1, 1980, Ted Turner launched CNN, the first 24-hour cable news operation, and sister channel Headline News followed in 1982. CNN gained reputation significantly with its 1991 coverage of the Gulf War. The success of CNN inspired many other 24-hour cable news stations. In
Headline Daily Headline Daily Headline Daily () was launched on 12 July 2005, by Sing Tao Newspaper Group Limited and became the second free Chinese newspaper published officially in Hong Kong ("Metro Daily" being the first). The paper is only distributed on weekdays and is aimed at the working class. The estimated average daily circulation of the paper is around 900,000-1,000,000. The paper provides local and international news as well as articles on business news, entertainment, lifestyle and sports. The newspaper was launched as the Chairman of Sing Tao News Corporation, Charles Ho Tsu Kwok (), felt there was room for the