According to Puck, she earned more than $20 million a year, a salary network executives told her couldn't be justified anymore thanks to the changing broadcast landscape. "NBC executives loved Hoda and knew her value to the brand,

Hoda Kotb announced she is leaving the "Today" show early in 2025 after more than five years co-anchoring the morning program. Kotb announced the decision in a letter that was shared with colleagues, Today.com reported.

"I just turned 60, and it was such a monumental moment for me - when I turned 60 years old - because I started thinking about that decade, like, 'what does that decade mean, what does it hold and what's it going to have for me,