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NBC's Lester Holt is out at Nightly News, the flagship show he has hosted for nearly a decade.
Holt, 65, announced he is stepping down in a memo sent to staffers Monday, ten years after he stepped in to replace longtime fixture Brian Williams on a full-time basis.
The veteran anchor will now only man his usual spot on Dateline, NBC News' Executive Vice President of Programming Janelle Rodriguez said in a statement.
NBC - whose asset MSNBC just cancelled Joy Reid's show The ReidOut - have yet to announce a replacement.
'[Holt] will continue at the helm of Nightly until early summer,' Rodriguez said, revealing how the anchor will then devote 'his energy to the rapidly-expanding powerhouse that is Dateline.'
Holt - previously the host of the show's weekend edition - began hosting Nightly News on weekdays in June of 2015, after a scandal surrounding reporting from the Iraq War upended Williams' career.
He has since told staffers his time on the show was an 'amazing ride' - doing so in a letter sent to Nightly and Dateline staffers Monday morning.
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Holt, 65, announced he is stepping down in a memo sent to staffers Monday, ten years after he stepped in to replace longtime fixture Brian Williams on a full-time basis.
The veteran anchor will now only man his usual spot on Dateline, NBC News' Executive Vice President of Programming Janelle Rodriguez said in a statement.
NBC - whose asset MSNBC just cancelled Joy Reid's show The ReidOut - have yet to announce a replacement.
'[Holt] will continue at the helm of Nightly until early summer,' Rodriguez said, revealing how the anchor will then devote 'his energy to the rapidly-expanding powerhouse that is Dateline.'
Holt - previously the host of the show's weekend edition - began hosting Nightly News on weekdays in June of 2015, after a scandal surrounding reporting from the Iraq War upended Williams' career.
He has since told staffers his time on the show was an 'amazing ride' - doing so in a letter sent to Nightly and Dateline staffers Monday morning.
Continued below.
Lester Holt out at NBC Nightly News after MSNBC axed Joy Reid
Holt, 65, announced he is stepping down in a memo sent to staffers Monday, ten years after he stepped in to replace longtime fixture Brian Williams on a full-time basis.
