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NBC Names New Nightly News Anchor NBC Names New Nightly News Anchor
NBC Names New Nightly News Anchor It didn't take long for NBC to decide on its choice as the next anchor of its Nightly News broadcast. On Monday, Feb. 24, Lester Holt announced he would stepping down after a 10-year-run at the start of the summer. On Wednesday, March 5, NBC News announced Tom Llamas will take over for Holt. Llamas, age 45, is a senior national correspondent and anchor of “Top Story with Tom Llamas,” an evening newscast that streams on NBC News NOW. “I look forward to working with the world class journalists at ‘Nightly News’ and ‘Top Story’ to bring viewers the most important stories every night,” Llamas…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Lester Holt Stepping Down As NBC Nightly News Anchor Lester Holt Stepping Down As NBC Nightly News Anchor
Lester Holt Stepping Down As NBC Nightly News Anchor Lester Holt, the esteemed anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, has just announced he will step down from the long-running broadcast after a 10-year tenure. Click here for a new, updated story - NBC Names New Nightly News Anchor The 65-year-old Holt said Monday morning, Feb. 24 that he will leave his post at the beginning of the summer and transition to a full-time role at Dateline, where he has served as principal anchor for nearly 15 years. NBC News has not yet name Holt’s successor. Holt’s tenure at Nightly News began in June 2015, following eight years of steering wee…

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by Joe Lombardi
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'Today' Show's Hoda Kotb Announces Exit To Spend Time With Kids At Hudson Valley Home 'Today' Show's Hoda Kotb Announces Exit To Spend Time With Kids At Hudson Valley Home
'Today' Show's Hoda Kotb Announces Exit To Spend Time With Kids At Hudson Valley Home After more than five years as co-anchor, "Today" show fixture Hoda Kotb says she will be leaving to spend more time with her family in the suburbs. The 60-year-old Kotb announced her upcoming exit from NBC's "Today" during the show on Thursday morning, Sept. 26, saying on the show that she realized it was time "to try something new" during her 60th birthday celebration in August.  "I remembered standing outside looking at these beautiful bunch of people with these gorgeous signs, and I thought, 'This is what the top of the wave feels like for me.' And I thought it can't get better…

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by Ben Crnic