Chuck Todd To Exit NBC News [View all]
Source: Variety
By Brian Steinberg
Jan 31, 2025 7:02am PT
Chuck Todd, the former "Meet the Press" moderator, is leaving NBC News, he told colleagues in a memo issued Friday, a move he's making in order to pursue ventures outside the NBCUniversal empire.
Todd had in recent weeks been meeting with other news outlets and potential employers, according to people familiar with the matter. His current contract with NBC News had been expected to lapse at some point after the 2024 election.
"There's never a perfect time to leave a place that's been a professional home for so long, but I'm pretty excited about a few new projects that are on the cusp of going from 'pie in the sky' to 'near reality,' Todd told NBC News staffers in a memo Friday. "So I'm grateful for the chance to get a jump start on my next chapter during this important moment."
He said his "Chuck Toddcast" podcast would be "coming with me," and urged colleagues to "stay tuned for an announcement about its new home soon." Todd plans "to continue to share my reporting and unique perspective of covering politics with data and history as important baselines in understanding where we were, where we are and where we're going."
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While Todd may not have been popular among everyone, the changes in journalism linked to Trump coming back into power should be frightening to everyone. America needs real journalism now. Moves like this are giving more power to idiots like Fox "News". Americans need more real information, not less.
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