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 NBC News officials are in negotiations to have Savannah Guthrie, a relatively new face at the “Today” show, replace Ann Curry as the show’s co-host. 
 
 The co-host position has been offered to Ms. Guthrie, according to people with knowledge of the negotiations, who insisted on anonymity because they did not have permission to comment on the record. A spokeswoman for NBC News declined to comment. 
 
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 It is not known whether Ms. Guthrie has accepted the offer. Her agent did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 
 
 The offer to Ms. Guthrie was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday evening. The Reporter said that NBC is close to finishing a deal with Ms. Curry that would have her depart “Today” but stay at the news division in a “substantial” way. 
 
 Among the possible replacements for Ms. Curry, Ms. Guthrie is known to be the top pick of Jim Bell, the executive producer of “Today.” For the last year, Ms. Guthrie, 40, has been the co-host of the 9 a.m. hour of “Today” and the chief legal correspondent for the news division. Before then, she was a White House correspondent for the network and a co-anchor of a morning news program for MSNBC. 
 
 Ms. Guthrie has been viewed as the internal favorite for some time. When the discussions around Ms. Curry’s departure from the show were reported by The New York Times last week, attention immediately turned to Ms. Guthrie, who told colleagues last week that she had been told nothing about any possible change. 
 
 The negotiations with NBC began this week, according to one of the people who insisted on anonymity. ||||| Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) 
 
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 Could “Today” veteran and news reader Natalie Morales 
 
 be the next to leave the NBC morning show? 
 
 Sources tell us “Today” will announce the long-rumored departure of its co-host Ann Curry by the end of the week, and that the show’s third-hour co-host Savannah Guthrie is the front-runner to replace her. The network’s Hoda Kotb has also been reported to be in line to take the reins. 
 
 But, either way, sources tell us Morales could be next out the door. “If Natalie’s passed over for the job, she’s going to leave next,” a source told Page Six. 
 
 Morales has been with “Today” since 2006 and was mentioned as a possible replacement for Meredith Vieira when Vieira stepped down from her co-anchor post last year. 
 
 “This will be the second time [Natalie] has been passed over for the top job. And she’s not happy,” a source tell us. 
 
 A NBC Universal rep had no comment on Curry or her replacement, but said the talk about Morales being disgruntled is “totally untrue.” 
 
 A different source adds: “Natalie couldn’t be happier in her current role.” 
 
 Curry, meanwhile, is expected to leave “Today” imminently, after a year on the job. 
 
 During her time as co-anchor, the program’s ratings have slipped — at times lower than rival ABC’s “Good Morning America.” 
 
 Sources tell us NBC suits are currently locked in meetings around the clock to finalize Curry’s exit. The network has been negotiating with her over a severance package from her $10 million-a-year contract. 
 
 While the sources said an announcement about Curry is finally expected by the end of the week, some insiders said the news could come as soon as today. 
 
 Although sources at NBC say Guthrie is the current favorite to replace Curry, others close to the talks say that brass had not made any final decisions as of last night.
– Looks like a new Today for Savannah Guthrie. She's been tapped by NBC to replace bounced Today co-host Ann Curry, sources tell the Hollywood Reporter. She's already been offered the job, but there's no immediate word on her response—or the deal she may be negotiating, notes the New York Times. The network wants a new co-host in place before the London Olympics. For the last year Guthrie, 40, who was born in Australia and raised in Arizona, has been co-host of Today's 9am hour with Natalie Morales and Al Roker, and the news division's chief legal correspondent. She was previously NBC's White House correspondent and a co-anchor of an MSNBC morning news program. For other things you probably don't know about Guthrie, check here.