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How Lester Holt Dethroned Brian Williams: NBC’S Messy Changing of The Guard

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Lester Holt may have finally secured for ‘Nightly News’ anchor crown, but Brian Williams has still been awarded an emphatic presence at both MSNBC and NBC.

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At NBC News, there was both good news and bad news from the executive suite on Thursday.

For workaday reporters and producers, the good news is that their respected and well-liked colleague, Lester Holt—who has been anchoring the troubled Nightly News program on an interim basis since early February—was named permanent...

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