Matt Lauer

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human news anchor television journalist television presenter

Matt Lauer is an American television journalist and former longtime co-host of NBC's "Today" show.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Matt Lauer canonical	3
Dave Garroway	1
Matthew Todd Lauer	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2688321 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Matt Lauer
Context triple: [Ohio University, hasAlumni, Matt Lauer]

A. Lester Holt
Lester Holt is an American television journalist and news anchor best known for anchoring NBC's flagship evening news program and moderating major political debates.
B. Larry King
Larry King is an American attorney and promoter best known as the former husband and early manager of tennis legend Billie Jean King.
C. Larry King
Larry King was a legendary American television and radio host best known for his long-running CNN interview show "Larry King Live," where he spoke with world leaders, celebrities, and newsmakers.
D. Peter Jennings
Peter Jennings was a prominent Canadian-American journalist best known as the longtime anchor of ABC’s flagship evening news program, World News Tonight.
E. Scott Pelley
Scott Pelley is an American broadcast journalist best known as a longtime correspondent for CBS’s investigative news program 60 Minutes and a former anchor of the CBS Evening News.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Matt Lauer
Target entity description: Matt Lauer is an American television journalist and former longtime co-host of NBC's "Today" show.

A. Lester Holt
Lester Holt is an American television journalist and news anchor best known for anchoring NBC's flagship evening news program and moderating major political debates.
B. Larry King
Larry King was a legendary American television and radio host best known for his long-running CNN interview show "Larry King Live," where he spoke with world leaders, celebrities, and newsmakers.
C. Larry King
Larry King is an American attorney and promoter best known as the former husband and early manager of tennis legend Billie Jean King.
D. Peter Jennings
Peter Jennings was a prominent Canadian-American journalist best known as the longtime anchor of ABC’s flagship evening news program, World News Tonight.
E. Scott Pelley
Scott Pelley is an American broadcast journalist best known as a longtime correspondent for CBS’s investigative news program 60 Minutes and a former anchor of the CBS Evening News.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ news anchor ⓘ television journalist ⓘ television presenter ⓘ
child	Jack Lauer ⓘ Romy Lauer ⓘ Thijs Lauer ⓘ
citizenship	United States of America ⓘ
coHosted	Today ⓘ
countryOfBirth	United States of America ⓘ
coveredEvent	Olympic Games for NBC ⓘ linked to: NBC Sports U.S. presidential elections for NBC ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1957-12-30 ⓘ
education	Ohio University (did not graduate) ⓘ linked to: Ohio University
employer	NBC ⓘ NBC News ⓘ
endTime	2017 (co-host of Today) ⓘ
familyName	Lauer ⓘ
fullName	Matthew Todd Lauer ⓘ linked to: Matt Lauer
gender	male ⓘ
genre	morning news program ⓘ
givenName	Matthew ⓘ
hasWorkedAs	local television reporter ⓘ talk show host ⓘ
hasWorkedFor	ESPN ⓘ WHDH-TV ⓘ WNEW-TV ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
network	NBC ⓘ
notableEvent	fired from NBC News in 2017 ⓘ
notableFor	longtime co-host of NBC’s Today show ⓘ
notableWork	Today ⓘ
occupation	correspondent ⓘ news anchor ⓘ television host ⓘ television journalist ⓘ
placeOfBirth	New York ⓘ linked to: New York City New York City ⓘ
positionHeld	co-host of Today ⓘ
reasonForFiring	allegations of sexual misconduct ⓘ
residence	New York ⓘ
spouse	Annette Roque ⓘ Nancy Alspaugh ⓘ
startTime	1997 (co-host of Today) ⓘ
yearsActive	1979–2017 (television career) ⓘ