NBC’s Lester Holt is stepping down as anchor of “NBC Nightly News” after 10 years, he announced on Monday.
“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 to staffers obtained by Fox News Digital.
“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,” Holt added. “What an amazing ride.”
Holt will remain at the network and focus full-time on “Dateline” beginning this summer when he leaves “NBC Nightly News.”
Holt joined NBC News in 2000 and has also served as principal anchor of “Dateline NBC” since September 2011. He took over “NBC Nightly News” in 2015 following the ousting of his predecessor, Brian Williams, who was moved to MSNBC after being accused of embellishing news events he claimed to have witnessed.
Holt’s decade in the “NBC Nightly News” anchor chair came after he spent eight years anchoring the weekend edition.
A replacement for “NBC Nightly News” has not been named.
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