New York, April 6, 2006 – EXCLUSIVE – Only one day after Katie Couric announced to viewers that she would be leaving the Today show, NBC announced that Meredith Vieira would take over the morning news anchor slot. Open All Night has exclusive photos of Vieira arriving at NCB Studios on Thursday for the press conference with Matt Lauer. It might be her supposed chemistry with Lauer, it might be the $10 million annual salary she’s reportedly earning, or maybe she just can’t wait to get away from Star Jones, but Vieira is ecstatic! She was greeted by what looked like NBC executives upon arriving at 30 Rockefeller Center, prior to the press conference.