Mr. Lauer, 59, had a greater impact on “Today” than Mr. Rose had on “CBS This Morning,” however. Inside 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Mr. Lauer was a one-man fief who wielded more behind-the-scenes influence than any other on-air personality. In effect, Mr. Lauer helped subsidize a good portion of the network’s entire news operation. In his Wednesday tweets, Mr. Trump called for the firing of two senior NBC News executives — Mr. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyAs of Tuesday, Mr. Lauer had been scheduled to join them.

Source: New York Times November 29, 2017 23:03 UTC