NBC's Matt Lauer Renews Contract to Co-Anchor TODAY Through 2018

Deadline reports that longtime TODAY co-anchor Matt Lauer has renewed his contract to stay with the morning program through 2018. According to the site, Lauer will receive $20 million a year. NBC News has not confirmed the report.

Next year will mark two decades that Lauer has co-anchored Today, the longest tenure ever on the show, which first premiered back in 1952.

About TODAY: NBC News pioneered the morning news program when it launched TODAY in 1952 with Dave Garroway as host. For more than 60 years, TODAY has provided a daily live broadcast of the latest in domestic and international news, weather reports, and interviews with newsmakers from the worlds of politics, business, media, entertainment and sports.

TODAY is renowned for providing its audience with a "window on the world," bringing viewers breaking news as it happens and often broadcasting from locations around the globe. TODAY's longtime home at New York's Rockefeller Plaza attracts thousands of visitors each year to peer into its windows and become part of TODAY's broadcast. The Emmy Award winning program is anchored by Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker and Natalie Morales. Don Nash is the executive producer.

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