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Megyn Kelly ‘Today’ Show Death Watch Hits Fever Pitch; NBC Confirms Exit Talks On Air – Update
UPDATED 5:30 AM: Megyn Kelly’s own NBC News franchise reported Friday morning her departure is “imminent.”
“This morning, NBC News host Megyn Kelly is in talks with the network about her imminent departure, according to a source familiar with the situation,” Today reported this morning, adding, sources tell NBC News…
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NBC News Chief Andy Lack Condemns Megyn Kelly Blackface Defense At Division Town Hall
NBC News chief Andy Lack opened a town hall with his staff this afternoon by blasting the on-air remarks Megyn Kelly made on her show Tuesday, in which she defended the use of blackface at Halloween.
“I want to address just one” topic before taking questions, Lack told staff, diving into “the Megyn Kelly situation”…
NBC News Stops Just Short Of Calling Ronan Farrow A Liar Over Vetting Of Harvey Weinstein Probe
"Contrary to [Ronan] Farrow's claims, his story was never cleared or approved for air by NBC News Legal or Standards," the Comcast-owned network division said this morning in the latest blast after days of dust-ups over how the now Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist’s investigation into claims of sexual harassment and…
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Donald Trump Hits NBC News Again, Hints At Review Of FCC License Due To Harvey Weinstein Story Storm
President Donald Trump resumed his attacks on NBC News, ramping things up by suggesting a review of the network’s broadcast license given its handling of the Harvey Weinstein story.
In a tweet this morning, Trump said the news division “is now fumbling around making excuses for their probably highly unethical conduct”…
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Ronan Farrow Shivs “Misleading” NBC News Over Why Harvey Weinstein Probe Was Deep Sixed – Update
UPDATE, 9:54 PM: If NBC News chairman Andy Lack thought his detailed memo and fact sheet dropped today on what supposedly really went down with Ronan Farrow's scrapped probe into sexual harassment and sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein was going to put a lid on the still simmering controversy, the…
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Donald Trump Rips TV News Chiefs, Accuses Lester Holt Of “Fudging” 2017 Interview
President Donald Trump set aside his complaints about tech companies and foreign leaders, at least for the moment, to return to his comfort zone of blasting the TV news business.
In three morning tweets (which followed a re-tweet of a Breitbart News post explaining Kanye West’s loyalty to Trump), the president said…
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NBC News Chief Andy Lack Sends Memo To Staff On Results Of “Matt Lauer Matter” Probe
NBC News president Andy Lack sent a memo to the news division following the NBCUniversal general counsel's "NBC News Workplace Investigation" findings and recommendations. The memo is a Clifffs Notes of the long-ish report.
Dear Colleagues,
As you know, the NBCUniversal team has completed its investigation stemming…
NBC News Internal Probe Finds No Evidence Of Harassment Culture
NBC says it found no evidence indicating “that any NBC News or Today Show leadership, News HR or others in positions of authority in the News Division received any complaints about [Matt] Lauer's workplace behavior prior to November 27, 2017."
The network this morning released results of its months-long internal probe…
Andy Lack Acknowledges Tom Brokaw Allegations, Promises Matt Lauer Probe Results Next Week
In time for NBC Nightly News to include it in a report about a sexual harassment allegation against former host Tom Brokaw, NBC News chairman Andy Lack sent a memo to staff acknowledging the claims had been made. In his memo, Lack also promised results of his division’s investigation into the Matt Lauer scandal as…
Hoda Kotb Named ‘Today’ Co-Anchor, Replacing Matt Lauer
Ending the post-Matt Lauer period of uncertainty, NBC has named Hoda Kotb co-anchor of Today, pairing with Savannah Guthrie. Kotb will continue her long-running teaming with Kathie Lee Gifford in the 10AM hour of the morning show.
The move had been expected in industry circles. Kotb, a 20-year NBC News veteran, made a…
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NBC News Chief Andy Lack Updates Staff On Probe Of Matt Lauer “Appalling Behavior”
NBC News Chairman Andy Lack, under the gun after more women came forward claiming to have been sexually harassed and/or assaulted by Matt Lauer, issued another memo to staff on Friday, promising NBCUniversal Legal and Human Resources teams have begun a review of his biggest star’s “appalling behavior” and “what we can…
First Report On Matt Lauer Drops, Alleging Sex Toy Gifting, Indecent Exposure, Under-Desk Office Door Lock
UPDATED with reporters’ CNN interview details: As NBC News chiefs Andy Lack and Noah Oppenheim performed triage Wednesday afternoon on a news operation in shock over the sudden firing of its BiggestFD talent Matt Lauer, their work got seriously complicated when one of one two weeks-in-the-works reports about Lauer…
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