NEW YORK – Matt Lauer fired from NBC

NBC has fired Matt Lauer for inappropriate workplace behavior, according to New York Times reporter Jim Rutenberg.

Rutenberg tweeted that NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack wrote in a memo that there was a “complaint from colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer.”

Lauer was one of the highest paid news anchors making $28 million per year. He had been on the Today Show for 20 years.