NEW YORK - CNN has hired Connie Chung away from ABC News to be the anchor of a nightly news show, ratcheting up the stakes in a heated competition among cable news networks. <br>
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The hiring is expected to be announced at a news conference scheduled by CNN Wednesday. <br>
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Chung declined to comment. <br>
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Her hiring is the splashiest move yet by CNN in its ongoing war with Fox News Channel, which has made inroads against CNN's former monopoly in cable news -- mostly through its lineup of colorful prime-time talk shows. <br>
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Chung was usually third in the pecking order behind Barbara Walters and Diane Sawyer among ABC News employees who sought big interviews.
