Brian Williams Announces He’s Leaving NBC And MSNBC

MSNBC eleventh Hour host and former NBC Nightly Information anchor Brian Williams is leaving NBC when his contract expires on the finish of the yr. Williams made the choice to “spend time along with his household,” according to MSNBC President Rashida Jones, who introduced the information on Tuesday.

“Following a lot reflection and after 28 years with the corporate, I’ve determined to go away NBC upon the completion of my present contract in December,” the 62-year-old longtime anchor wrote in a letter to colleagues. Williams additionally mirrored on the “28 years, 38 international locations, eight Olympic Video games, seven presidential elections, half a dozen presidents, a number of wars and one SNL,” that had expanded over his profession. “Good buddies have been in nice provide at NBC. I used to be lucky that everybody I labored with made me higher at my job.”

Williams had been internet hosting MSNBC since 2015 when a scandal resulted in his demotion from NBC Nightly Information. He had initially been suspended from NBC after it got here to gentle that he had relayed an inaccurate story about his information workforce’s helicopter being hit by a rocket-propelled grenade whereas on project in Iraq in 2003.

“I made a mistake in recalling the occasions of 12 years in the past,” Williams stated on the time.

Williams has been married to Jane Gillan Stoddard since 1986. They’ve two kids, actress Allison Williams and Doug Williams, the late-night anchor of Geico SportsNite on SportsNet New York, a regional sports activities channel within the New York metropolitan space.