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"&lt;img alt=\"0629_savannah_guthrie\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/06/29/0629-savannah-guthrie-2.jpg\" /&gt;It's official -- NBC just announced &lt;strong&gt;Savannah Guthrie&lt;/strong&gt; is the new co-anchor of \"&lt;strong&gt;Today&lt;/strong&gt;.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As TMZ first reported, Savannah&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2012/06/26/ann-curry-today-show-savannah-guthrie/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; was a lock&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to replace &lt;strong&gt;Ann Curry&lt;/strong&gt;, who had&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2012/04/05/matt-lauer-re-signs-today-show-30-million-dollars-ann-curry/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; fallen out of favor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; with both NBC brass and &lt;strong&gt;Matt Lauer&lt;/strong&gt; after co-hosting the show for just one year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Curry made her&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2012/06/28/ann-curry-leaving-today-confirms/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; tearful farewell&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Thursday -- and it was Guthrie who took Curry's seat this morning ... although no on-air announcement was made.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\"Today\" executive producer &lt;strong&gt;Jim Bell&lt;/strong&gt; just released a statement announcing Savannah's new position -- saying, Guthrie \"has a one-of-a-kind combination of sharp wit and approachability, and our viewers value her journalistic skills and legal background just as much as her humor and charm.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bell added, \"She can effortlessly go from interviewing the Secretary of State to jumping Olympic-sized hurdles on the plaza.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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