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- Daily Mail
Rising NBC News star Tom Llamas 'stuns co-workers with "aggressive and extremely challenging" management style'
The new face of NBC News, Tom Llamas, has brought 'a much more hands-on and hard-charging' approach to the program than that of his predecessor Lester Holt, a new report has revealed. The no-nonsense style is reportedly upsetting staffers used to a more laid-back approach from Holt, multiple people 'familiar with the' matter told Breaker. Llamas, in contrast, is more aggressive, the insider accounts claimed. 'He has a management style that has been extremely challenging on some of the team,' one staffer said of Llamas, 46. 'He challenges people to do their best, to think more deeply about the editorial process,' a correspondent added. 'It helps us to raise our game. The expectations are high, but they should be.' A producer further told Daily Mail: 'His energy is infectious, he raises the bar for everyone.' The rising star's executive producer, Meghan Rafferty, called it 'super fun' working with Llamas', during a lunchtime meeting at 30 Rock Tuesday. There, she told staffers she was leaving to join MSNBC's new parent company Versant. Holt, 66, left the program last spring after ten years at the helm and was well-liked by viewers. Llamas now has his work cut out for him to try and catch up with ABC World News Tonight's David Muir, who last week scored his biggest ratings win over NBC Nightly News in more than a year. Llamas, once Muir's protégé, has done well with younger viewers, occasionally his older rival in the key 25-54 year-old demographic twice since his start in June. That age group is particularly sought by advertisers because it tends to have higher disposable income. He has also continued to anchor his other show, NBC News Now's Top Story, where there has been virtually no turnover turnover since he started hosting in 2021, sources told Daily Mail. But Holt, a fixture in American households for more than a decade, was a major loss. The 66-year-old newsman remains at the network with Dateline - a decision he told Variety in May stemmed from a deep-rooted desire to get his hands dirty with stories that do not demand a desk. Insiders told Breaker that Rafferty's move, similarly, stemmed from a desire to avoid the daily rat race of producing a show that requires a certain style of leadership. Llamas' style - at least compared to Holt's 'low-key and unassuming' style that the New York Times talked up in a profile penned in 2019 - has been difficult for some to digest. He's been in the hot seat for just eight weeks. Previously, before joining NBC News in 2021, he worked under Muir as a weekend host on World News Tonight. The show, once second-place to NBC Nightly News, is comfortably in first place with 7.272 million average total viewers as of the week of July 21, new Nielsen numbers show - much more than Llamas' 5.6 million. June was also ABC's biggest ratings win in three decades for the second quarter, continuing a trend of dominance started by Muir after he succeeded a then second-place Diane Sawyer. Llamas' strides against Muir, 51, with winning over younger viewers, however, unsettled ABC News bosses who regard Muir as the network's crown jewel, sources told Daily Mail last month. Llamas, 46, previously told The Washington Post of his desire 'to be number one.' 'It's not easy,' he said. 'But it's something I think we can do.'
Sky News
24-07-2025
- Sky News
Wrestling star Hulk Hogan has died
Hulk Hogan, the legendary WWE wrestler and actor has died aged 71, Sky's US partner NBC News understands. It was reported earlier that emergency vehicles were seen outside his home in Clearwater, Florida. Hogan's charisma and theatrics in the ring are credited with helping to transform professional wrestling into a family entertainment sport. Please refresh the page for the latest version.
NBC News
23-07-2025
- NBC News
Pat McAfee publicly apologizes to college student months after sharing false story that 'ruined' her life
ESPN host Pat McAfee issued a public apology to a University of Mississippi student after amplifying a false rumor about her that she said "ruined" her life. McAfee addressed the situation with Mary Kate Cornett on his show Wednesday, months after he first mentioned a false rumor about an Ole Miss student allegedly sleeping with her boyfriend's father. The rumor began on YikYak, an anonymous social media platform popular with some college students, and was referenced by McAfee during one of his shows back in February. The former NFL player and current sports commentator said Wednesday that he learned it was untrue and the anguish it caused Cornett only after he shared. "I can now happily share with you that I recently got to meet Mary Kate and her family," McAfee said. "And I got a chance to sincerely apologize to them and acknowledge that what I said about Mary Kate was based solely on what others were saying on the internet." McAfee also acknowledge the length of time it took for him to publicly apologize about the situation, saying he wanted to speak to the Cornett family privately first. He called them "wonderful people." "And I'm very thankful that they gave me the opportunity to tell them how sorry I was that this all happened and that our show was a part of this," McAfee said. "I deeply regret the pain that was caused." He added that he "hated" seeing what his show was a part of in interviews Cornett made in the aftermath of the widely circulated false story. Cornett told NBC News in April that she and her family faced a barrage of harassment after the rumor went viral. She said that her family's home was "swatted," which is when a false report is made to police to elicit an overwhelming law enforcement response to a home. She said that her personal number was shared online, which led to thousands of calls of texts from strangers. Some of them told Cornett that she "deserved to die," she said. 'Having your life ruined by people who have no idea who you are is the worst feeling in the world,' Cornett said. 'It makes you feel so alone. It's a horrible experience.' Within hours of the post on YikYak, Cornett said she noticed people on campus staring at her and her name becoming a trending topic on X. She said other media personalities who worked for Barstool Sports went on to share the rumor after McAfee's show. Dave Portnoy, the owner of Barstool Sports, denied that the site spread the rumor in a statement to Rolling Stone. He did, however, acknowledge that a Barstool Sports employee shared something related to the rumor on his personal social media. McAfee referenced the incident on his show days after Cornett spoke to NBC News, telling his viewers that he hoped to "make some sort of silver lining in a very terrible situation." He did not mention Cornett by name. On Wednesday, he said he hopes that this can be something that everyone learns from. "Our goal with this show is to make the world a happier place, a better place ... I know we don't always get it right," McAfee said. "But we'll never stop trying."
