Lester Holt to step down as anchor of NBC's "Nightly News"

• "Nightly News" — the network's longtime weekday nightly primetime news program — has an average of around 6 million viewers each night.
• Holt will continue anchoring until the summer. NBC News has not yet named his replacement.

Zoom in: In his note to staff, Holt said he will continue as anchor of "Dateline," "but for the first time in a fulltime capacity whereby I will be expanding my footprint on the broadcast and crafting Dateline hours on subjects I care deeply about."

• "I am thrilled to be able to work more closely with my enormously talented friends at Dateline as the broadcast continues to grow and attract new viewers in new places," he said.

The big picture: Holt's transition is part of a broader anchor shakeup at major TV news networks as they transition into the streaming era.

• Rachel Maddow, who stepped down from daily anchoring duties at NBC News' sister network MSNBC in 2022, is temporarily anchoring five times per week during the first 100 days of the new Trump administration.
• CBS News replaced Norah O'Donnell as anchor of "CBS Evening News" last week as part of a broader shakeup that included moving the show back to New York City.