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Noah’s Ark

A few days after Noah Oppenheim’s long-rumored departure from NBC News was finally announced, the news is beginning to settle in. Plus, news on Neeraj.

"Jackie" Washington, DC Premiere
For the first time since the 1960s, NBC News will be without a president, as Noah Oppenheim is vacating the position after a six-year run. Photo: Leigh Vogel/Getty Images
Dylan Byers
January 13, 2023

“Who drives coverage?” an NBC News executive asked me this week, with copious rhetorical flourish. Like so many people inside 30 Rock—I’ve spoken to at least 15 NBC News executives, on-air talent, producers and rank-and-file staff, as well as another half-dozen Peacock alumni—he was trying to make sense of the new leadership structure that Cesar Conde, the chairman of NBCUniversal’s news group, unveiled on Wednesday.