Savannah Guthrie Extends Contract With NBC News

Savannah Guthrie‘s tenure at “Today” still has a lot of tomorrow in it. Guthrie has extended her current deal with NBC News, according to a person familiar with the matter, a move that will keep her at the desk of the network’s flagship “Today” program at a time when the show has surged ahead of its main competitors in the ratings. The move will also serve to tamp down speculation about the journalist’s interest in remaining in her role after having suffered an immense family tragedy — the unsolved abduction of her mother, Nancy — in public. NBC News declined to make executives available for comment. The Breaker newsletter previously reported on Guthrie’s contract extension. More to come…