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"&lt;img alt=\"0626_ann_curry_natalie_morales_article\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/06/27/0626-ann-curry-natalie-morales-article-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the case of&lt;strong&gt; Ann Curry&lt;/strong&gt; and the &lt;strong&gt;\"Today&lt;/strong&gt;\" show -- the writing is not only on the wall, it's in the editing room, because we've learned producers are already preparing Ann's farewell montage ... network sources tell TMZ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our sources -- and they are impeccable -- tell us they are determined to cut a deal with Ann by week's end.&amp;#160; We're told the deal is not closed yet -- as we reported, Ann wants her contract paid off in full to the tune of $20 million.&amp;#160; She also wants to leave the network.&amp;#160; NBC offered her a measly $10 mil and a diminished role in the news department.&amp;#160; We're told there has been \"some movement,\" but the parties haven't struck a deal ... yet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told NBC wants&lt;strong&gt; Savannah Guthrie&lt;/strong&gt; -- Ann's replacement -- firmly in place before the Olympics so they can showcase her next to&lt;strong&gt; Matt Lauer&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One more thing ... There are reports \"Today\" news anchor,&lt;strong&gt; Natalie Morales&lt;/strong&gt;, wants to leave the network because she's pissed off that she's now been passed over twice for the co-anchor job.&amp;#160; We're told -- by people who absolutely know -- that story is \"total baloney.\"&amp;#160; We're told Natalie \"loves her job and she's completely happy with what she's doing.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe Natalie figured it out -- co-hosting \"Today\" is high risk.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#160;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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