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Brian Williams Gets New Role at Lower Salary

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9 years ago

June 18, 2015

This April 4, 2012 file photo shows NBC News' Brian Williams, at the premiere of the HBO original series "Girls," in New York. Williams is currently under suspension as "Nightly News" anchor and managing editor for six months without pay for misleading the public about his experiences covering the Iraq War. Bill O'Reilly, Fox News Channel's prime-time star, is accused of claiming he had reported in a combat zone for CBS News during the 1982 Falklands War when he was more than a thousand miles from the front. (AP Photo/Starpix, Dave Allocca, File)

This April 4, 2012 file photo shows NBC News’ Brian Williams, at the premiere of the HBO original series “Girls,” in New York. (AP Photo/Starpix, Dave Allocca, File)

(New York Times) – NBC said on Thursday that Brian Williams would stay with the network but was being removed as the evening news anchor after he made numerous “inaccurate statements” about his experiences in the field.

Mr. Williams will join MSNBC as anchor of breaking news and special reports. The move is a humbling blow for him both professionally and financially. Mr. Williams will earn less money in his new role than he was as anchor of the “Nightly News,’’ according to an NBC executive with knowledge of the agreement, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The person characterized it as “substantially’’ less money, but would not be more specific.

Under a contract Mr. Williams signed in December, he was reported to be making at least $10 million a year over five years.

Lester Holt, 56, an NBC veteran who has been filling in for Mr. Williams, will become chief anchor of the “Nightly News.’’ He is the first African-American to serve as solo anchor of a weekday evening newscast.

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