Ann Curry leaves NBC News - sort of

More than two years after Ann Curry said a tearful goodbye on “Today” — pushed out by NBC execs who felt her non-chemistry with Matt Lauer accelerated the show’s falling ratings — the veteran anchor is finally leaving the network. Sort of.

While she'll no longer work for the network as a full-time employee, Curry will launch an NBCUniversal-funded media startup, according to the Washington Post.

Through the startup, she'll build national and global news reports, and while NBC News can air them, it won't have an exclusive hold.

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