Media mogul Ted Turner was once an aggressive proponent of this process, by employing the San Diego firm American Film Technologies. When he told members of the press in July 1988 that he was considering colorizing "Citizen Kane", Turner's comments led to an immediate public outcry. In January 1989 the Associated Press reported that two companies were producing color tests of "Citizen Kane" for Turner Entertainment. Criticism increased with the AP's report that filmmaker Henry Jaglom remembered that shortly before his death Orson Welles had implored him to protect "Kane" from being colorized.