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New York Post: Lester Holt, who is primed to permanently take over on “NBC Nightly News,” wants the same $10 million-per-year salary Brian Williams was getting. Holt’s agents want to quietly renegotiate his contract with NBC as the network tries to reach a resolution over Williams, who will not return to “Nightly News” following an internal investigation. Holt is currently being paid about $4 million per year as the “Nightly News” weekend anchor and for other assignments. But the network so far has offered Holt less than Williams was making to take over the newscast, a source said. “Lester’s team feels that if he gets half of what Williams was making, the message to him and the newsroom is he’s half the anchor Brian was.”