Lester Holt’s leaving the nightly news behind
Holt took on the position in 2015 after the departure of Brian Williams and has become a beloved figure of nightly news.
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After nearly a decade of glowing on your TV screen while you put together a sheet pan dinner, Lester Holt is stepping down as anchor of NBC Nightly News.
Holt took on the position in 2015 after the departure of Brian Williams during a tumultuous time for the network, becoming a beloved figure of nightly news. He’ll step down this summer to take on a full-time role at Dateline, where he’s been the principal anchor since 2011.
End of an era: Holt is the latest high-profile news anchor to step away from his post, as cable TV falters in the digital age and networks cut costs by ditching star power:
- Joy Reid will leave her position as a host at MSNBC after her show was cancelled, the network announced yesterday.
- Norah O’Donnell recently left her spot as anchor of CBS Evening News.
- Over the last several months, Chris Wallace left CNN, Chuck Todd departed from NBC News, and Hoda Kotb left NBC’s Today.
Zoom out: NBC didn’t immediately name a successor for the post-Holt era, but whoever it is will need a certain Je ne sais quoi to draw viewers away from increasingly popular social media “news influencers.”
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