Report: Brian Williams to stay at NBC, but won't return to Nightly News

Brian Williams.
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On Thursday, NBC will announce that Brian Williams will not be returning to his position as anchor of the Nightly News, The New York Times reports.

Two people briefed on the matter told the Times that Williams, who was suspended four months ago without pay after embellishing his role in a 2003 helicopter incident in Iraq, will move to a new role primarily at the cable network MSNBC. Lester Holt, who has been filling in as anchor of Nightly News, will step into the anchor chair permanently, one of the sources said.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.