Chuck Todd leaves NBC

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Chuck Todd, the former “Meet the Press” moderator and a prolonged fixture of NBC’s political coverage, colleagues said Friday he left the network.

An almost two-year-old veteran from NBC, Mr. Todd said Friday would be his last day at NBC.

“There is never a perfect time to leave a place that has been a professional home for so long, but I am pretty excited about a few new projects that are on the tip of going from ‘Pie in the Sky’ to ‘ Close to reality, ‘“He wrote to colleagues. “So I’m grateful for the chance to get a jump start on my next chapter in this important moment.”

Mr. Todd is the latest TV news star that steps aside in a moment when wages are being investigated – and cut – by larger media companies. Hoda Kotb left NBC’s “Today” show this month, and Neil Cavuto from Fox News and CNNs Chris Wallace left their cable news late last year.

Mr. Todd joined the NBC in 2007 and became a major presence of NBC and MSNBC’s political coverage during the 2008 presidential campaign. From there, Mr. Todds profile significantly. He was appointed “Meet the Press” Moderator in 2014, and he also hosted a daily talk show at MSNBC, “Meet the press daily.”

But over the past few years Mr. Todd has been less ubiquitous on NBC’s air waves. The MSNBC show was moved to a digital channel in 2022, and Mr. Todd stepped down from “Meet the Press” in 2023 and handed over the reins to Kristen Welker.

Last year, Mr. Todd with freeing a rare on-air rebellion after the network hired Ronna McDaniel, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee, as a political analyst. His comments about the employment during an episode of “Meet the Press” opened the flooding gates in the company, where MSNBC stars such as Rachel Maddow, Joe Scarborough and Nicolle Wallace also criticized the employment in the air before Mrs. McDaniel was suddenly escaped.

In a statement, NBC News said on Friday: “We are grateful to Chuck’s many contributions to our political coverage during his nearly two decades career at NBC News and for his deep commitment to” meeting the press “and its lasting inheritance. We wish him all the best in his next endeavor. “