Web4. Relatives. Rebecca Loos (second cousin) Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan ( / pɪərz /; né O'Meara, born 30 March 1965 [1]) is an English broadcaster, journalist, writer, and television personality. He began his career in 1988 at the tabloid The Sun. In 1994, at the age of 29, he was appointed editor of the News of the World by Rupert Murdoch ...