Just two weeks after dropping anvils on former boss Ed Litvak, ousted American Morning producer Chez Pazienza (fired for blogging), pictured, is suddenly his enemy's biographer.

It might have a little something to do with it being Litvak, who fired Pazienza, finding himself suddenly "resigning" from CNN under Jon Klein's infamous regime post-fallout.

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CAREER OBJECTIVES CNN re-upped president Jon Klein likes nothing more than to piss off the other cable networks so much that they begin covering his network. Well, that and firing aging women anchors. [NYO]

Remember, oh, two hours ago, when we told you Soledad and Miles O'Brien were being booted from their cushy anchor jobs at American Morning, in a calculated network move that has absolutely nothing to do with the continued success of #1 rated Fox and Friends?

Well, since we know you've been on the edge of your seats, awaiting details of Soledad's (and, to a lesser extent, Miles') future assignments, we figured we'd oblige.

According to the latest reports, replacements Kiran Chetry and John Roberts will making their American Morning (the initials are "AM," get it?) debuts on April 16, at which point Soledad will become anchor and "special" correspondent on CNN's Special Investigations Unit (sounds special!) while Miles will become CNN's new chief "technology and environmental correspondent" (sounds made-up!)

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Former Fox News and current Daryn Kagan publicist Paul Schur has outdone himself this time around.

Half of you know Schur as the fella who's placed the ex-CNN news anchor in every press outlet imaginable; the other half of you know him as the alleged source behind a number of Fox News item plants.

But today, Schur stands as the former, snagging a Washington Post Style section feature on his star client, who now hosts a feel good video blog.

Except he probably wasn't aware of the craziness that was to follow.

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Carol Lin's termination from CNN is not the "spend more time with her family" scenario CNN brass would like you to believe. As TVNewser first reported yesterday, Lin is leaving the network at the end of the year — but not voluntarily, we hear. As Variety hints at, Lin was asked to leave the anchor desk and transition to a national correspondent gig, but being a single mother (her husband passed away) of a toddler, it clearly wasn't a position Lin could take.

And CNN president Jon Klein knew it. In fact, that's why he offered it to her: to create a nice way of saying "get the hell out of here" while still maintaining a public image of fairness. In fact, he did that just a few months ago to 13-year CNN veteran Kelly Wallace.

A CNN insider tells us Lin and Wallce's dismissals are part of a larger push by Klein to rid the network of women over 40. It was just a couple weeks ago that the network told 12-year CNN veteran Daryn Kagan it wouldn't be renewing her contract. Three is a trend, right?

Meanwhile, not only is Klein making a push for younger talent, our well-placed insider tattles that the axings are also part of a push to "diminish the power of the Atlanta based anchors, and is trying to keep the focus on New York shows and talent, and getting rid of some established women is in Atlanta is one way he's doing it." Anderon Cooper, anyone?

Lin, meanwhile, will be sorely missed. We hear "she's a true fighter with a great spirit, and probably the hardest working anchor in Atlanta. She is the one person who will take a challenge, like not being well liked by the new president, and work on every level to overcome it."

When Mickey Kaus isn't boring us with Nancy Pelosi news and reviews, he's handing it to CNN prez Jon Klein. Something about Klein agreeing that talking head programming was cheap and then not doing anything about it.

Who knew, when Klein declared he agreed "wholeheartedly" with Jon Stewart's attack on what Klein called "head-butting debate shows,"–and when he pledged to "report the news" and not "talk about the news"–that what he really meant to give us was Glenn Beck and Nancy Grace! … Ah, but that's CNN Headline News, you say, not Regular Pure Hard News Opinion-Free CNN itself. They're totally separate!** For the moment that's true. But thanks to Klein's visionary leadership, Regular Pure CNN has gone from being the second place cable network to being the third … wait, make that occasionally fourth place cable network, behind a surging (opinionated) MSNBC and Head-Buttin' Headline News itself! … If the "brash" head-butt format keeps delivering, how long before it infiltrates Regular Pure CNN? Sub-question: How much more expensive is it to produce Regular CNN than Headline News? Three times as much? Ten times? … Bonus question: Whatever happened to storytelling?

Lightening Round Question: Is ex-CNN anchor-cum-inspirational vlogger Daryn Kagan getting more viewers than her old network?

That little bump in Larry King's ratings? You've got Jon Klein to thank for that. No, the CNN president didn't get into bed with Nielsen, but we're told he's been taking a micromanaging role at the network staple. Along with feature-style CNN Presents, Larry King Live is among Klein's niche interests — and despite all those minor responsibilities that might come along with heading U.S. operations for a worldwide news operation boasting some 4,000 newsies, an insider tells us Klein has taken on a veritable executive producing role at both shows. He's virtually commandeered LKL chief Wendy Walker's position, making subtle but distinct changes, like choosing new music and speeding up the show's pace.

Surprisingly, nobody seems to mind. From what we understand, Klein is well received among top brass and underlings alike. Well, until he cans Paula Zahn.