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Matt Lauer is latest media heavyweight fired for sexual misconduct

Lauer replaced Bryant Gumbel on Today and appeared with four female co-anchors during his tenure

LONGTIME TODAY SHOW ANCHOR Matt Lauer became the latest media-industry figure to lose his job in the post–Harvey Weinstein reckoning over sexual harassment and assault. On Nov. 29, NBC announced that Lauer had been terminated; in a memo, NBC News chairman Andy Lack said the network had received a “detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer.” He added that the organization

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