Ann Curry is not leaving NBC News, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter, batting down reports that she is negotiating an exit agreement from the company that could pay her the remainder of her three-year deal that's reported to be worth $10 million a year. 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. Earlier In Magazine Interview, Curry Talks of Future on ‘Today’ In an interview last month that appears in the August issue of Ladies Home Journal, Ann Curry said that she saw herself spending the next five years on the “Today” show. Before then, she was a White House correspondent for the network and a co-anchor of a morning news program for MSNBC.
– 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.