CNN President Jonathan Klein has dismissed speculation that Larry King could step
down and be replaced by Ryan Seacrest or Katie Couric. In an interview with Saturday's
New York Times, Klein said that King would remain in his 9:00 p.m. slot "as
long as he continues to get the great bookings and the great ratings and maintains his
passion for doing it." Klein said that although he hoped Seacrest would continue
as a fill-in host for King, he had given no thought to using him in an expanded role
at the cable news network. As for Couric, Klein said, "She's got a job at CBS. She's
got a contract over there. That's all there is to say." During an interview with
Seacrest on Friday, King noted that "there were even rumors you were going to join
CNN, which we can tell viewers, there's nothing to that."
19/05/2008
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