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It's official. It's ex officio. It's ex cathedra. It's almost ex post facto. It was as expected. As we at "SideShow" have been predicting for weeks (because everyone else was), Meredith Vieira will leave NBC's Today. The deed will be done soon, as on June 8, after almost five years (she started cohosting with Matt Lauer in September 2006). On Monday, NBC announced changes involving, from left, Meredith Vieira, Matt Lauer, Ann Curry, Natalie Morales and Al Roker. NEW YORK, May 9 (UPI) -- Meredith Vieira announced Monday she is leaving "Today," an NBC morning news program that tapes in New York, after five years as co-host. During a press conference held by NBC News at 30 Rockefeller Plaza on Monday, following the announcement that Meredith Vieira will be leaving the "Today" show, her co-anchor Matt Lauer dismissed rumors that he will soon be following Vieira out the door. Monday on NBC's "Today," Meredith Vieira made an emotional announcement that she will leave the morning show in June, with Ann Curry taking over as co- anchor. At a press conference today discussing the pending anchor switchover on NBC's _Today_ triggered by the upcoming departure of Meredith Vieira, co-host Matt Lauer addressed speculation that he might join former_ Today_ cohort Katie Couric on her potential syndicated talk show. "We certainly spoke about the possibility, but we've talked about a lot of possibilities over the years," Lauer said, according to press reports. "It turned into just talk. And that's where we left it. It's not going to happen." Word is those overtures to Lauer infuriated NBC brass and led to the network pulling out from contention for the Couric talker. As for the rumors that one way or another Lauer may be leaving _Today _when his contract is up in December 2012 or even sooner, "I have a long-term deal with NBC News," he said. "I'm going to be here for a while. You're going to get sick of me." Vieira also addressed rumors, this time that she was leaving _Today _to help her ailing husband, author Richard Cohen, who had been battling cancer and MS. "There's so much speculation in the press: Poor Meredith with her invalid husband," she said. "I ... The latest on Justin Bieber, Marg Helgenberger; Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell; Meghan Rickey and Cheyne Whitney; Heidi Klum, Seal; David Beckham; Meredith Vieira. She recently made the decision to say goodbye to her gig on the "Today" show, and Meredith Vieira has since opened up about her reasons for leaving. In a press conference on Monday (May 9), the 57-year-old said that her family was a major force behind her decision to pull the plug on her co-hosting efforts. "I was extremely torn because I love it here," she said. "But I had personal issues that were weighing on me and I felt that I really needed to examine them closely and make a decision based on them. I went back and forth and back and forth. It was really at the last minute that I had to go with my gut, and I know that it's the right thing, but it doesn't make it any easier." As for the rumor claiming that Meredith was leaving because of her husband and his battle with multiple sclerosis, she explained, "There's so much speculation in the press recently about 'poor Meredith and her invalid husband,' and I want to set the record straight on that. My husband Richard is in good health and that's part of the reason ... NBC confirmed today (Monday) that Meredith Vieira will be leaving as co-host of the Today show and that Ann Curry will replace her as co-anchor and Natalie Morales will move into Curry's position as the show's principal news reader. Savannah Guthrie is due... Meredith Vieira, co-host on the popular morning show Today, says she's stepping away to spend more time with her family. Lacey Rose New EP James Goldston tells THR that he doesn't foresee any more anchor changes at 'GMA.' read more Marisa Guthrie She says her husband's health was not a deciding factor, while co-host Matt Lauer admits that he had conversations with Katie Couric about a talk show. read more Meredith Vieira announced that she will be stepping down from her co-anchor post on NBC's "Today" in June. Newsreader Ann Curry has been named her successor. CBSNews.com's Ken Lombardi reports. Ann Curry, the American journalist who has been announced as Meredith Vieira's successor on the 'Today Show', has thanked Twitter followers for their messages of congratulations. Ann Curry, who will join Matt Lauer on the show in June 2011, currently... As Meredith Vieira confirmed plans to step down from NBC's 'Today' show on June 8, co-anchor Matt Lauer says he isn't going anywhere. Meredith Vieira, the long-time 'Today Show' host, will leave the programme in June 2011. Meredith Vieira, who will take an unspecified new role at the network, will be succeeded by news anchor Ann Curry.The shake-up at Nbc will also see Natalie...
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