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CNN finally made it official today that British tabloid¹ veteran Piers² Morgan will be taking over for Larry King. In January, Morgan will take over the chair that King has occupied at CNN for the past 25 years. He says he came to CNN “to win,” and that he wants to combine brilliant interviews with great ratings. That would be fine with CNN, which has fallen behind in the ratings at 9 p.m. to the other two cable networks, Fox and MSNBC. Negotiations³ between CNN and Morgan dragged on for months, but the company worked out a deal that will allow him to continue on “America’s Got Talent” and his British talk show “Piers Morgan's Life Stories.” Morgan said following King is like “replacing Frank Sinatra at the Sands.” The final edition of Larry King Live will air in the December.

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1 tabloid
adj.轰动性的，庸俗的；n.小报，文摘
参考例句：
He launched into a verbal assault on tabloid journalism.他口头对小报新闻进行了抨击。 He believes that the tabloid press has behaved disgracefully.他认为小报媒体的行为不太光彩。

2 piers
n.水上平台( pier的名词复数 )；（常设有娱乐场所的）突堤；柱子；墙墩
参考例句：
Most road bridges have piers rising out of the vally. 很多公路桥的桥墩是从河谷里建造起来的。来自辞典例句 At these piers coasters and landing-craft would be able to discharge at all states of tide. 沿岸航行的海船和登陆艇，不论潮汐如何涨落，都能在这种码头上卸载。来自辞典例句

3 negotiations
协商( negotiation的名词复数 )；谈判；完成（难事）；通过
参考例句：
negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判 Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。