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Jones said Williams' time at NBC has been
marked by breaking countless major stories and attracting
leading journalists and guests to his programs.
"Brian Williams has informed us he would like to take the coming
months to spend time with his family. He will be signing off
from The 11th Hour at the end of the year," Jones said in a memo
seen by Reuters.
Williams said in the memo that his time at NBC spanned 28 years
in 38 countries, covering eight Olympic Games, seven
presidential elections, half a dozen presidents, "a few wars,
and one Saturday Night Live."
"I was on the air for the launch of MSNBC. My return years later
was my choice, as was launching The 11th Hour that I'm as proud
of as the decade I spent anchoring Nightly News," he said.
"The 11th Hour with Brian Williams" is a late night program on
MSNBC that discusses evolving general and political news stories
of the day.
Williams said, "There are many things I want to do, and I'll pop
up again somewhere. For the next few months, I'll be with my
family, the people I love most and the people who enabled my
career to happen."
(Reporting by Shivam Patel in Bengaluru and Dawn Chmielewski in
Los Angeles; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)
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