NBC-Couric Rumors Could Be Contract Ploy

Katy Couric

The announcement that Andy Lack has returned to head-up NBCNews has set off speculation that Couric, who’s good friends with Lack, could unseat Brian Williams at “NBC Nightly News” or Savannah Guthrie at “Today.”

Multiple news outlets reported Lack and Couric, who’s currently a "global anchor" at Yahoo, have had a preliminary discussion about her possible return to NBC.

But an NBC News insider told PageSix at the NY Post: “On Friday morning, Andrew Lack told executives at NBC News that he and Katie have had no discussions.”

The insider added, “And the truth is she isn’t welcome back at ‘Today.’ There’s still a lot of people at the show who worked with her back in the day, and she wasn’t very nice to work with, especially toward the end.”

Other reports buzzed that Couric could take over “NBC Nightly News” from beleaguered Williams. But we’re told Lack is also close to Williams, and it’s highly likely that the returning exec would hope to reinstate the suspended anchor.

Couric is now in contract talks with Yahoo and insiders speculate that the NBC rumors only benefit Couric and her contract talks.

Couric is currently vacationing in Asia with her husband.