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After nearly 20 old age with the news division , Chuck Todd declare that he will be leaving NBC News to pursue new medium ventures elsewhere .
Just shy of what would ’ve been his 20th anniversary with NBC News , Chuck Toddhas reportedly put the word out that he ’s wrapping up his run at NBC News and head up off ( with hisChuck Toddcast ) to newfangled medium ventures . " There ’s never a perfect time to go away a place that ’s been a professional rest home for so long , but I ’m passably activated about a few Modern projects that are on the cusp of rifle from ' pie in the sky ' to ' cheeseparing world , ' " Toddshared in a memoto NBC News staffer earlier today . " So I ’m grateful for the chance to get a jump start on my next chapter during this crucial moment . " There were rumblings over the past few weeks that Todd had already start see for a new mass medium home , observe in his memorandum that he was looking " to continue to partake my reporting and unique perspective of cover politics with data and history as of import baselines in understanding where we were , where we are and where we ’re going . "
" The media has a mass of study to do to win back the trust of viewers / hearer / reader , and I ’m convinced the best place to get going is from the bottom up . At my core , I ’m an enterpriser — I spent my first 15 years professionally cultivate for the company that started the political newssheet craze that dominate today . And this is a good moment , " Todd added , highlight his involvement in creating new media outlets . " The only way to touch on this selective information ecosystem is to stop whine about the various ways the societal media companies are manipulating things and instead wheel up our collective sleeves and start with local . interior media ca n’t succeed corporate trust back without receive a robust mate topically , and render to game algorithmic program is no means to inform and report . People are lust community , and that ’s something national media or the major social media companies ca n’t do as well as local medium . "
For their part , NBC News issued a financial statement wishing Todd the best : " We ’re grateful for Chuck ’s many contribution to our political coverage during his nearly two - decade calling at NBC News and for his deep loyalty to ' Meet the Press ' and its last bequest . We wish him all the sound in his next endeavor . "
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