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Four 2020 Democratic candidates — Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) — have signed on to a letter calling on the Democratic National Committee to ensure that Comcast orders an independent investigation of sexual harassment and misconduct…

Ronan Farrow’s book Catch and Kill, published on Tuesday, features another claim of sexual misconduct against Matt Lauer – one that he is also denying. The woman, Melissa Lonner, was a producer for the Today show in 2010, when, she claims according to Farrow’s book, Lauer invited her to his office in 30 Rock following…

The blast radius surrounding Ronan Farrow's upcoming book Catch and Kill continues to grow at NBC News, with division president Noah Oppenheim grilled by staffers Thursday in a town hall meeting over how allegations of misconduct by Matt Lauer were handled. Also today, a former production assistant who had a secret…

Producer Brooke Nevils has responded to Matt Lauer’s open letter, calling it “a case study in victim shaming.” Nevils’s response was given to NBC News tonight after Lauer earlier today issued a 1,400-word defense of his alleged conduct, detailed in the Ronan Farrow book, Catch and Kill. Excerpts have been released in…

Investigative author Ronan Farrow’s representatives have responded to the stream of denials and accusations that have sprung forth now that leaks of his book have emerged. "The claims by NBC's senior management about Ronan Farrow's reporting are simply not true, as his book will methodically demonstrate,” said a…

Matt Lauer calls allegations in Ronan Farrow's upcoming Catch and Kill book that he sexually assaulted an NBC colleague at the 2014 Sochi Olympics "false," but the ex-MSNBC host says look at the source. "The stories about and comments from the brave women who spoke out for the book will be enough to refute anything he…

Matt Lauer is denying the explosive allegations that he raped a coworker in 2014 as “categorically false, ignores the facts, and defies common sense.” The rape accusation, made by former NBC co-worker Brooke Nevils and detailed in Ronan Farrow’s new book Catch and Kill, is “filled with false details” Lauer said in an…

NBC’s Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb addressed the latest allegations against their former Today colleague Matt Lauer, with Guthrie calling them “shocking and appalling” and Kotb telling viewers, “We don’t know the facts in all of this, but they are not allegations of an affair. They are allegations of a…

NBC’s Today Show celebrated 25 years of transparency — of the window variety — with a happy video tribute to its trademark see-through studio this morning (watch it below). And no doubt about it: Rockefeller Center’s Studio 1A has been home to, as Today‘s website puts it, “a quarter century of cheering crowds…

The leaders of two advocacy groups are calling on Comcast and its board to take a deeper look at the company’s culture in the wake of the sexual harassment allegations leveled against longtime anchor Matt Lauer. An investigation by NBCUniversal's legal team last month exonerated NBC News management of any wrongdoing…

NBC’s Late Night star Seth Meyers set the bar high for late-night show stars’ Upfront Week performances, spending about six minutes spewing zingers at Radio City Music Hall during NBCUniversal’s presentation today that elicited gasps, groans and laughs. Among the highlights: – “NBC as you all know stands for Nothing…

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…