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| March 26 2025 | NBC News reversed its decision to hire Ronna McDaniel after two days of on-air protests by prominent anchors including Chuck Todd, Rachel Maddow, Mika Brzezinski, Joe Scarborough, and Nicolle Wallace. |
| 2025 | 'Today with Jenna & Friends' is introduced as a new morning show. |
| March 5 2025 | NBC News announced Tom Llamas as Lester Holt's successor for NBC Nightly News, who will also continue to anchor Top Story on NBC News Now. |
| February 24 2025 | NBC News announced Lester Holt would be stepping down from NBC Nightly News in the summer to focus more on Dateline NBC. |
| January 31 2025 | The Defense Department issued a memo requiring NBC News to vacate its long-standing workspace on the Correspondents' Corridor in the Pentagon, as part of a new Annual Media Rotation Program for the Pentagon Press Corps. |
| 2024 | iHeartMedia ended the NBC News Radio brand, reverting back to its 24/7 News channel/platform. |
| 2024 | Hallie Jackson began anchoring the Sunday edition of NBC Nightly News. |
| March 2024 | NBC News hired Ronna McDaniel, the former Republican National Committee (RNC) chairwoman, sparking significant controversy due to her history of making false voter fraud claims and supporting Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election results. |
| March 2024 | During her interview on Meet the Press with Kristen Welker, McDaniel publicly backtracked on her previous voter fraud claims, stating that Joe Biden won the 2020 election 'fair and square' and condemning political violence. |
| 2023 | NBC News Now continued to be aired as a linear channel in the UK on Sky TV and Virgin Media's platforms. |
| 2023 | Stay Tuned Now with Gadi Schwartz news program introduced. |
| 2023 | Kristen Welker becomes Meet the Press Moderator |
| June 19 2023 | NBC Nightly News underwent its first large-scale rebrand since the Brian Williams era, featuring new on-air graphics and a new stylized 'N' emblem. |
| January 10 2023 | Rebecca Blumenstein was named President of NBC News. |
| 2022 | NBC News Now began airing as a linear channel in the UK on Sky TV and Virgin Media's platforms. |
| 2022 | Morning News Now program launched. |
| 2022 | Meet the Press Now program moved from MSNBC to NBC News Now. |
| 2022 | NBC News Daily is launched, sharing its 1 p.m. hour with NBC News Now. |
| 2022 | Pete Williams retires from his role as Washington DC-based Justice Correspondent after nearly 30 years, and Kevin Tibbles concludes his tenure at NBC News. |
| 2021 | NBC News Daily introduced, with 1 p.m. hour shared with NBC broadcast network. |
| 2021 | NBC launched Hallie Jackson Now news program. |
| 2021 | Top Story with Tom Llamas news program initiated. |
| 2021 | Tom Brokaw retires from NBC News after a 55-year career, and Brian Williams also leaves the network. |
| September 13 2021 | NBC Nightly News permanently moved from Studio 3C to Studio 1A, which is also the home of Today. |
| August 16 2021 | Meghan Rafferty became interim executive producer of NBC Nightly News. |
| August 11 2021 | Executive producer Jennifer Suozzo announced her departure from the program. |
| 2020 | Tiffany Cross joins NBC News, staying with the network until 2022. |
| 2020 | Tiffany Cross and Joshua Johnson join NBC News. |
| November 2020 | NBC Nightly News and Today return to Philippine television via TAP TV after a five-year absence. |
| January 23 2020 | NBC News Studios, a documentary production unit, was founded. |
| 2019 | Premiere of Today with Hoda & Jenna, replacing Today with Kathie Lee and Hoda |
| July 1 2019 | Alison Morris, formerly of Fox 5 in New York, was hired as the anchor for NBC News Now. |
| May 29 2019 | NBC News Now, a free streaming service, was launched under Janelle Rodriguez, Senior Vice President of Editorial for NBC News and MSNBC. The service initially operated without a dedicated anchor. |
| 2018 | Jacob Ward begins as Technology Correspondent, serving until 2024. |
| 2018 | NBC introduces the 'Today 3rd Hour' as an additional segment to the morning news program. |
| 2018 | Hoda Kotb becomes Today Co-Anchor |
| 2018 | NBC Nightly News launched an ongoing series of specials called NBC Nightly Films. |
| October 2018 | NBC News announced OTT services initially called NBC News Signal, with Simone Boyce planned as the evening (7 PM) host and two MSNBC personalities as co-hosts. |
| April 30 2018 | NBC Sports secures a six-year television agreement to broadcast the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship from 2019 to 2024. |
| 2017 | Matt Lauer is fired from NBC News due to inappropriate sexual behavior. |
| July 30 2017 | End of Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly |
| July 14 2017 | NBC Nightly News permanently moved back from Studio 3B to Studio 3C. |
| June 4 2017 | Debut of Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly |
| February 2017 | Noah Oppenheim, a Today Show Producer and Executive, was named President of NBC News. |
| 2016 | 'Sunday Today with Willie Geist' debuts as a weekend news program. |
| October 10 2016 | The newscast debuted a new on-air look with graphics optimized for 16:9 presentation and a new program logo. |
| July 2016 | NBC News Radio became available on iHeartRadio's online live audio and podcasting platform, offering news in 15-minute cycles. |
| June 2016 | NBC Sports launches NBC Sports Gold, an over-the-top streaming service starting with a Cycling Pass. |
| June 27 2016 | NBC Nightly News switched to a full 16:9 letterbox presentation. |
| March 7 2016 | NBC Sports signs a three-year deal with England's Premiership Rugby to televise Aviva Premiership, with games airing on NBCSN and streaming on NBC Sports Live Extra. |
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