Nightly News   |  September 24, 2010

Zucker to leave NBC

Jeff Zucker, CEO of NBC Universal, a former executive producer of the Nightly News and the Today Show, announced Friday he'll be leaving his post pending Comcast assuming control of the company with regulatory approval. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: There will be a change at the top at this company, we learned today. Jeff Zucker , the CEO of NBC Universal , a former executive producer of this broadcast and the "Today" show, announced he'll be leaving his post pending Comcast assuming control of the company with regulatory approval. He is a 24-year veteran of the company, or as he put it in a note to all of us employees today, that would also be all his entire adult life.