Brian Williams’ NBC Career Not Over: Head Honcho Wants Brian Williams Back ‘ASAP’

The plot thickens with Brian Williams and NBC. The network’s news chief, Andrew Lack, is doing everything he can to make sure that Williams’ career with them continues. In an exclusive published by the New York Daily News Monday afternoon, sources are telling them that Lack is trying to find a way to put Brian “back behind the Nightly News desk.” In addition to that, the embattled anchor has confided in some that he’s not leaving the network unless he’s terminated.

One of the insiders tell Daily News that the head honcho thinks viewers want Brian Williams back on NBC Nightly News.

“Andy believes viewers want him (Williams) back. The feeling is that (Williams’) problem seems to be more with the media and other reporters than his viewers — if Andy can figure out a way to get him back on the air he will do it.”

Lack and Williams go way back to 1993. The news chief was president of the news division until 2003. He helped Williams land a spot on Nightly News to begin with.

Lack returned to the NBC network less than two months ago as chairman of NBC News. He’ll ultimately decide whether Brian leaves or stays.

NBC News executives are armed with “damaging details” from an internal investigation on Williams that’s still being conducted. If Lack continues supporting Williams, executives are willing to force his resignation by leaking what they have. As the Inquisitr touched on last week, there are 11 stories the network has allegedly found on Williams that discredits him.

Lack is said to be enraged at the threats of leaked details in the investigation, and a power struggle among high-level executives is believed to exist at this time.

Brian Williams’ NBC career is left hanging and it’s driving him crazy. Sources say he signed a $50 million contract and if he leaves on his own, he’d only be paid $20 million. The issue isn’t money, a source tells Daily News.

“He’s already got money. For him, this is an ego thing.”

According to the report, there’s mounting pressure for the higher ups to make a decision by May 11 — when the 2015 Fall schedule is presented to advertisers. It’s not predicted that executives will decide before then. It could take “at least five weeks,” a source said. Officials aren’t in a rush to make their carefully thought-out decision.

USA Today published an in-depth article examining Brian Williams and the NBC News dilemma. As it points out, ratings have gone down since Williams has been suspended. At this point, it’s hard to know what the network will decide to do about Williams.

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