NBC News chief political analyst and former moderator of “Meet The Press” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chuck-todd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chuck Todd</a> has announced that he’s leaving the network after nearly two decades.
&#8220;Today is my last day… at NBC,&#8221; Todd told his audience on Friday on his “Chuck Toddcast” <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/chuck-todd-out-nbc-news?intcmp=tw_fnc">podcast</a>. “I am leaving a bit earlier than we had all originally planned, but there is a reason for it.”
“I’m pretty excited by a few new projects that are on the cusp,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/chuck-todd-out-nbc-news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added,</a> but gave no details. &#8220;The podcast is coming with me, and it’s not going away.&#8221;
The former NBC News host said there would be a “little hiatus” for his podcast, until he finds a new home for it.
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Todd sent a letter to his colleagues before his announcement on the podcast that his last day at NBC News was Friday, the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nbc-todd-exit-trump-welker-746b58bbd6b7eb03f6be0cbeabf84004">Associated Press</a> reported.
&#8220;The reason why I am ready to move, I think the media has a lot of work to do to win back the trust and I think, frankly, national media isn’t the place that’s going to be able to do it,&#8221; Todd said.
“People trust local media more than they trust national media. And I’m convinced the best place to start is from the bottom up,” he added. “National media can’t win trust back without having a robust partner locally, and trying to game algorithms is no way to inform and report.”
“People are craving community and that’s something national media or the major social media companies can’t do as well as local media,” Todd continued, noting that reporting is how you win back support. “If you do this job seeking popularity, or to simply be an activist, you are doing this job incorrectly.”
In a statement to <a href="https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/chuck-todd-exit-nbc-news-1236273148/">Variety</a> about Todd’s departure, NBC News said “We’re grateful for Chuck’s many contributions to our political coverage during his nearly two-decade career at NBC News and for his deep commitment to ‘Meet the Press’ and its enduring legacy. We wish him all the best in his next endeavors.”
Todd joined the network in 2007 as a political director and took over as moderator of “Meet the Press” from 2014-2023 from David Gregory, who was picked to run the popular show following the sudden death in June 2008 of the hugely successful “MTP” moderator Tim Russert. The current &#8220;MTP&#8221; moderator is Kristen Welker.
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