Chuck Todd is returning home with his podcast.
The former “Meet the PresS” moderator informed NBC News's colleagues and informed that they would leave 30 rock. According to some reports。 Todd confirmed his departure.
His last day in NBC News was Friday.
“It's the best time to leave a professional house for a long time, but I'm pretty excited about some sharp new projects from” Sky Pie “to” near the reality. ” Todd said NBC News staff with Friday memo.
“So, I am grateful for the opportunity to start jumping in this important moment in the next chapter.”
Todd confirmed his departure on Friday. When the post asked for comments from Todd by his NBC work email, he read in the automatic message that “January 31st was the last day at NBC.”
According to notes, Todd told his colleagues that he was going to take a podcast with him.
According to Todd, “Chuck Todd Cast” urged his colleagues to “come with me,” “I'm looking forward to the announcement of a new home right away.”
Earlier this month, SEMAFOR reported that the TODD was plotting the exit from Peacock Network because the contract was scheduled to expire later this year.
Once an important gear in NBC's political news, Todd has recently been planning a meeting with several media organizations and planning the next step. According to Semafor.
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“I am grateful for his deep commitment to Chuck's political reports in nearly two years of career at NBC News and his deep commitment to meet the media and its permanent heritage,” said NBC News. It is stated in a statement to the variety.
“We wish all about his next effort.”
A 52 -year -old Florida joined the NBC in 2007 and quickly became a national political news of the network.
In 2014, he was nominated as a moderator of “Meet The Pres”, a long -standing political talk show on Sunday morning on behalf of David Gregory.
Gregory, who hosted Meet The Pres from 2008 to 2014, had a hard time maintaining the advantage of the show after Tim Lassat died.
In addition to the “Meet The PresS” gig, TODD hosted the Sister Cable Network MSNBC on a weekday political program “MTP Daily” and contributed to the NBC political website.
In 2023, Todd announced that it will focus on long -term projects to resign as a host of Meet the Press. He was replaced by the current moderator Kristen welder.
The speculation of Todd's future in the network was one of the voices criticizing the NBC News Management on the decision to introduce Rona McDaniel, the former Republican National Committee, as a paid commentator.
In March 2024, NBC News hired McDaniel as a political contribution.
This movement is the famous NBC and MSNBC hosts such as Joe Skavolo, Mika Bruzzinsky, Rachel Madou, Nicole Wallace, etc., in this movement, with “Morning Joe” joint hosts of McDaniel's past Donald Trump in 2020. It caused an important internal rebound that expressed a strong objection to the past support of Donald Trump's claims. election.
In the face of the mount pressure, the NBC overturned the decision and broke up with McDaniel a few days after the employment.
Todd's departure is during the flow of the parent company's COMCAST. Like other media giants, they are working on rapidly changing scenery, and viewers have seen large -scale movements from linear television to digital and streaming.
COMCAST, a $ 129 billion -based telecom giant based in Philadelphia, is USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, E! We will provide more companies by draining some cable networks, such as Syfy, Oxygen, and Golf Channel. Independence and flexibility.
The company has raised the price of the XFINITY service. Most customers have increased their invoices since January, as part of a strategy to adapt to changes in consumer habits and industry competition.
COMCAST shares increased 1.25 % as of 11:00 am on Friday. The company's shares were sold by NASDAQ for $ 33.66 per share.
