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The longtime newscaster said he would leave the daily news show at the “start of summer.” NBC did not immediately name a successor.

Lester Holt, the veteran NBC newscaster and anchor of the “NBC Nightly News” over the last decade, announced on Monday that he will step down from the flagship evening newscast in the coming months.

Mr. Holt told colleagues that he would remain at NBC, expanding his duties at “Dateline,” where he serves as the show’s anchor.

“It has truly been the honor of a lifetime to work with each of you every day, keeping journalism as our true north and our viewers at the center of everything we do,” Mr. Holt, 65, wrote in a memo to colleagues.

He said that he would continue anchoring the evening news until “the start of summer.” The network did not immediately name a successor.

Mr. Holt provided a steady hand to “NBC Nightly News”

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