Kotb will remain with the network in a new role after she steps away from her co-host role alongside Savannah Guthrie.
In a stunning move that will likely disrupt the TV morning show landscape, Hoda Kotb announced Thursday she is departing NBC's 'Today.' Kotb informed viewers of her decision during the program. She said in a note to the 'Today' staff that she plans to stay with the network in a new role that has not been specified. She will step away from 'Today' early next year.
Kotb said in her note she considered departing for some time and came to the decision after her 60th birthday was celebrated on Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan where fans gather daily to watch the show on its street level studio. 'My broadcast career has been beyond meaningful, a new decade of my life lies ahead, and now my daughters and my mom need and deserve a bigger slice of my time pie,' Kotb wrote. 'I will miss you all desperately, but I’m ready and excited.
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