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☆ Chuck Todd is leaving NBC's 'Meet the Press' and will be replaced by Kristen Welker
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Jason Ma | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Chuck Todd said Sunday he will step down as moderator of "Meet the Press" after nine years. NBC News' co-chief White House correspondent Kristen Welker will take over later this year. Chuck Todd said Sunday he will step down as moderator of "Meet the Press" after nine years and will be replaced by NBC News' co-chief White House correspondent Kristen Welker. Kristen Welker will take over the hosting duties at "Meet the Press." Welker has already been filling in for Todd on "Meet the Press," and on Sunday he said she has been "ready for this for a long time."

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☆ Chuck Todd will depart NBC's 'Meet the Press'; Kristen Welker to become host
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Daniel Arkin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

"Meet the Press" host and moderator Chuck Todd announced on Sunday that he will step down this year after nine years hosting the public affairs talk show. "'Meet the Press' has sustained its historic role as the indispensable news program on Sunday mornings," Blumenstein and Budoff Brown said. She is the second woman — following its inaugural host, Martha Rountree — and the first Black journalist to moderate "Meet the Press." Todd — the 12th moderator of "Meet the Press" and a five-time Emmy-winning journalist — saw himself as a custodian of the show. Welker has regularly filled in for Todd on "Meet the Press."

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