CNN Picks Piers Morgan to Replace Larry King

No surprises here: Piers Morgan will be Larry King's replacement on CNN. Both the network and Morgan confirmed the news today after endless rounds of speculation, reports the LA Times. Morgan, a judge on America's Got Talent (he's expected to keep that gig) and a former British tab editor, will start in January. And in this new media age, how did the world first learn of the announcement? CNN Chief Business Correspondent Ali Velshi's Twitter account, notes Mediaite.

Morgan is a former winner of Celebrity Apprentice, so here's Donald Trump's take on how he'll do: “When you do a show five or six nights a week, you can’t kill everybody, because you’re not going to get anybody to come on the show,” he said. “But Piers will have a great take on it. He’s going to know just how far to go.” (More Larry King stories.)