{"id":8486,"date":"2025-02-24T17:09:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T17:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/lester-holt-stepping-down-as-nbc-nightly-news-anchor\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T17:09:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T17:09:44","slug":"lester-holt-stepping-down-as-nbc-nightly-news-anchor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/lester-holt-stepping-down-as-nbc-nightly-news-anchor\/","title":{"rendered":"Lester Holt stepping down as &#8220;NBC Nightly News&#8221; anchor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Lester Holt, longtime anchor and managing editor of &#8220;NBC Nightly News,&#8221; announced Monday he will be stepping away from the broadcast at the beginning of the summer, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/lester-holt-anchor-nbc-nightly-news-rcna193445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">network reported<\/a>. Holt, who is 65, has been anchoring the show for 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>NBC News did not immediately name who would take over the anchor desk.<\/p>\n<p>Holt, who also anchors the news magazine show &#8220;Dateline,&#8221; will continue in that role full time, the network said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; Holt wrote in a memo to staff on Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/02\/24\/a-note-from-lester-holt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBC reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/24\/6f240ad6-8da7-4782-a5f5-01c0743a0fe9\/thumbnail\/620x414\/d949e928cadd78a8ea364450b0f332c7\/gettyimages-2161964174.jpg?v=db3d87ba7bf4d4ff13b65eabcf0d9bea#\" alt=\"The 2024 Republican National Convention \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/24\/6f240ad6-8da7-4782-a5f5-01c0743a0fe9\/thumbnail\/620x414\/d949e928cadd78a8ea364450b0f332c7\/gettyimages-2161964174.jpg?v=db3d87ba7bf4d4ff13b65eabcf0d9bea 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/24\/6f240ad6-8da7-4782-a5f5-01c0743a0fe9\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/9e5deeed302e40a8db3fe1a6a87ec306\/gettyimages-2161964174.jpg?v=db3d87ba7bf4d4ff13b65eabcf0d9bea 2x\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%20620%20414'%2F%3E\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Lester Holt of NBC News at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 18, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Al Drago\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Holt, who joined NBC News in 2000, was named anchor of &#8220;Nightly News&#8221; in June 2015, succeeding <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nbc-news-anchor-brian-williams-suspended-6-months-without-pay\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Brian Williams<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Holt has served as main anchor of &#8220;Dateline&#8221; since September 2011. Prior to taking over &#8220;Nightly News&#8221; anchor duties, Holt co-anchored &#8220;Weekend TODAY&#8221; for 12 years, the network said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; he wrote in the memo to staffers. &#8220;What an amazing ride.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/02\/24\/an-update-from-janelle-rodriguez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement<\/a>, Janelle Rodriguez, the executive vice president of programming at NBC News, praised Holt&#8217;s &#8220;steady and thoughtful leadership&#8221; during his decade on &#8220;Nightly News.&#8221; She said he helped the broadcast sustain its &#8220;perch as a trusted and top news destination for millions of viewers across America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s taken viewers to the frontlines of every major story and sat down with world leaders, skillfully eliciting answers on consequential issues,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Quite simply, Lester is the beating heart of this news organization.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Holt, who also anchors &#8220;Nightly News: Kids Edition,&#8221; is the latest high-profile TV news personality to exit in recent months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/norah-odonnell-special-sendoff-thanks-viewers-for-embracing-hard-news-with-heart\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Norah O&#8217;Donnell signed off<\/a><\/span> as &#8220;CBS Evening News&#8221; anchor in January to take on a\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/norah-odonnell-to-leave-cbs-evening-news-anchor-desk-new-role-at-network\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">new role<\/a><\/span>\u00a0at the network, with <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/john-dickerson-maurice-dubois-to-anchor-cbs-evening-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois<\/a><\/span> taking over at the anchor desk.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<p>                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/tv-streaming\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" class=\"component__view-more component__view-more--sm\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n            More<br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"\/><\/svg><\/a><br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/lucia-suarez-sang\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Lucia Suarez Sang<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Lucia Suarez Sang is an associate managing editor at CBSNews.com. 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