In a changing of the guard, NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt will step aside from the program this summer, moving to a new full-time role at the primetime newsmagazine Dateline.
Holt and NBC News executives announced the move to staff Monday morning.
“A smile comes to my face when I think that with Nightly News, and Dateline, I have now anchored two of the most successful and iconic television news programs in broadcast history,” Holt wrote in a note to staff. “As a 20-year-old radio reporter on the police beat chasing breaking news around San Francisco, I could never have imagined my career path would unfold in the way it has. What an amazing ride.”
More to come.
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