|
Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (born Piers Stefan O'Meara; 30 March 1965), known professionally as Piers Morgan, is a British journalist and television personality currently working as the US editor-at-large for Mail Online. Morgan is the editorial director of ''First News'', a national newspaper for children published in the UK. He began hosting ''Piers Morgan Live'' on CNN on 17 January 2011. The show replaced ''Larry King Live'' in the 9:00 pm timeslot following King's retirement.〔("Piers Morgan is Larry King's CNN replacement" ), MSNBC, 8 September 2010; accessed 7 February 2014.〕 ''Piers Morgan Live'' was cancelled by CNN in February 2014 and aired its final broadcast on March 28, 2014. Morgan is a former judge on ''America's Got Talent'' and ''Britain's Got Talent''. In 2008 he won ''Celebrity Apprentice''. In the UK, he presents ''Piers Morgan's Life Stories'' (2009–present) and ''Good Morning Britain'' (2015–present). Morgan began his career in Fleet Street as a writer and editor for several British tabloids, including ''The Sun'', ''News of the World'' and the ''Daily Mirror''. In 1994, aged 29, he was appointed editor of the ''News of the World'' by Rupert Murdoch, which made him the youngest editor of a national UK newspaper in more than half a century.〔 In November 2012, he was heavily criticised in the official findings of the Leveson Inquiry, when Lord Leveson stated that comments made in Morgan's testimony about phone hacking were "utterly unpersuasive" and "clearly prove ... that he was aware that it was taking place in the press as a whole and that he was sufficiently unembarrassed by what was criminal behaviour that he was prepared to joke about it". Morgan has written eight books, including four volumes of memoirs. ==Early life== Piers Morgan was born Piers Stefan O'Meara on 30 March 1965 in Newick, East Sussex, England, to Vincent Eamonn O'Meara, an Irish-born dentist, originally from County Offaly,〔(Piers Morgan reference to his father's background ), Offalyindependent.ie (cached), 21 January 2011; accessed 7 February 2014.〕 and Gabrielle Georgina Sybille (née Oliver). His father died when Piers was one year old, and his mother remarried. He has three older step-siblings. Piers is a Roman Catholic.〔("Since when did turning the other cheek turn into punching someone in the face, Pope Francis? And does that mean it's OK to shoot them too?" ), Mail Online. Retrieved 14 August 2015〕 He took his stepfather's surname and became known as Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan. He attended the independent school Cumnor House from the ages of seven to thirteen, and then Chailey School, a comprehensive secondary school in Chailey, near Lewes, East Sussex, followed by Priory School for sixth form. Morgan studied journalism at Harlow College. After a brief career at Lloyd's of London, he joined the Surrey and South London Newspaper Group in 1985, where he worked as a reporter on the ''South London News'', and the ''Streatham and Tooting News''. Morgan was recruited (he says headhunted by editor Kelvin MacKenzie) to join ''The Sun'', to work on the ''Bizarre'' column. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Piers Morgan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|