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Williams, 56, was dropped from his job as news anchor of
NBC's flagship "Nightly News" program in June after an internal
investigation established he had exaggerated various events
involving his reporting from the field.
NBC and MSNBC are units of Comcast Corp.
A representative for NBCUniversal said Williams will take up his
new job on Sept. 22, the day Pope Francis begins his first visit
to the United States, ending a six-month suspension.
He is not expected to have a dedicated hour on the MSNBC
schedule but will work on various afternoon news programs, the
Hollywood Reporter cited network executives as saying.
Williams had been the face of NBC until he was suspended in
February for fabricating a story about being on board a
helicopter that was shot down in the Iraq war. The internal
investigation found other instances of what it called
"inaccuracies" but did not give details.
In a June interview, Williams blamed his ego for the
exaggerations and described his suspension as "torture."
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Mohammad Zargham)
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