Ann Curry

Former Today  anchor Ann Curry says she’s not surprised by the allegations that got former colleague Matt Lauer fired and that there was an atmosphere of verbal sexual harassment at the NBC show when she worked there.

Ann Curry made a notorious, tearful exit from the Today show after reports Matt Lauer orchestrated her firing as co-host. Now she’s finally left NBC — but the backbiting hasn’t stopped.

Over two and a half years after she was pushed aside from The Today Show, Ann Curry is leaving NBC News. A senior NBC exec confirmed the unsurprising departure. The former morning show co-host was very publicly pink slipped from Today on June 28, 2012, after just over a year on the sofa with Matt Lauer.

NBC News says a Radar Online report that Ann Curry’s contract won’t be renewed is “completely untrue, and, as a matter of fact, she’s going on a big assignment for NBC News this week,” a network spokeswoman says.

Former Today show co-host Ann Curry is being further marginalized by NBC by not being allowed to appear live on the network, sources say. Although she’s been filing reports for NBC News programs including Rock Center with Brian Williams, sources said she’s been barred from doing live interviews.

Incoming president of CNN Worldwide Jeff Zucker has plans to bring ousted Today show co-host Ann Curry to his new network as a high-profile anchor, sources say. Zucker — the former executive producer of Today and one-time NBCUniversal head — is interested in installing Curry in CNN’s 8 p.m. time slot, which is currently occupied by Anderson Cooper.

NBC still has to replace Ann Curry as Today co-host (maybe with Savannah Guthrie) with no success guaranteed, and its primetime lineup remains troubled.

She announced her departure on the show this morning, ending a week of awkward television as she continued working after word spread that NBC was looking to oust her.

Sources say that Ann Curry will have a “substantial” role at NBC News, while Savannah Guthrie has been officially offered the Today post.

Ousted Today show host Ann Curry will walk off into the sunset this week with a $10 million payout from NBC, according to reports. NBC is expected to announce a permanent replacement for her later this week.

NBC secretly offered Meredith Vieira a big contract to replace Ann Curry on the Today show … but she turned them down. Sources connected with the network said the offer was made approximately two weeks ago but Vieira wasn’t interested in returning to the show she anchored for six years.

Curry, who has been with Today since 1997, replaced Meredith Vieira last June as Matt Lauer’s partner. It’s still uncertain whether Curry, who has discovered a passion for international reporting in recent years, will remain with Today, according to a source with knowledge of the show who spoke on condition of anonymity on Wednesday because the source was not authorized to speak on the matter.

The NBC News veteran will keep his job as co-anchor of the Weekend Today show while replacing Ann Curry on the newsmagazine.

Since Curry replaced Meredith Vieira in June, NBC’s morning show has averaged 2.235 million viewers in the advertiser-friendly adults 25-54 demographic. That’s up 7.6% from the same period last year and, more importantly, the show is expanding its gap over main rival, ABC’s Good Morning America. Since Curry’s elevation, the show has grown the demo ratings gap over GMA by 7%.

Five years after replacing Katie Couric as co-host of NBC’s Today, Meredith Vieira is following Couric’s lead and leaving her job. Vieira confirmed during this morning’s program that she will be exiting the show next month, after weeks of speculation over her future, to spend more time with her ailing husband. Ann Curry, the program’s longtime news reader, will take over as co-host alongside Matt Lauer

The network is expected to hold a news conference Monday morning to announce that Ann Curry will succeed Meredith Vieira as the co-host of Today, the sprawling morning show that Vieira and Matt Lauer have anchored for five years. Curry is likely to take Vieira’s seat in June, according to people with direct knowledge of the appointment who also described plans for the news conference.

Ann Curry will be co-host with Matt Lauer while Natalie Morales is elevated to newsreader on NBC’s top-rated morning show.