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CNN, citing unnamed sources, reported that NBC and Williams
had reached a tentative agreement to keep him at the network
after his six-month suspension ends in August, but he would
assume a different role.
Williams will not return as anchor of NBC's evening newscast
under the arrangement, CNN reported. NBC, owned by Comcast Corp,
could make an announcement about his future on Thursday, CNN
reported.
Lester Holt, interim anchor of "Nightly News" during Williams'
suspension, is expected to become the permanent anchor of the
program, the Wall Street Journal reported late on Wednesday,
citing a person familiar with the matter. (http://on.wsj.com/1Bk6O1u)
Williams, who began anchoring "NBC Nightly News" in 2004, came
under scrutiny in January after telling different versions of a
story about being aboard a U.S. military helicopter hit by a
rocket-propelled grenade during the first days of the Iraq war
in 2003.
He was suspended without pay for six months after he voluntarily
took himself off the air in February and NBC News launched an
inquiry into his account of the event.
NBC representatives did not immediately respond to a request for
comment.
(Reporting by Will Dunham and Ismail Shakil; Editing by Anupama
Dwivedi)
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