Savannah Guthrie extends her Today show contract on eye-watering salary… after enduring year from hell following disappearance of her mom Nancy

Savannah Guthrie has extended her contract with NBC’s Today, where she has been a main co-anchor since 2012. The renewal ends speculation that she might leave after her 84-year-old mother, Nancy, disappeared in Arizona; authorities believe Nancy was kidnapped, and no suspect has been named.

Nancy was last seen at her home near Tucson on 31 January, after dinner with her daughter Annie. FBI footage showed a masked figure tampering with her doorbell camera shortly before it disconnected at 1.47am on 1 February. Authorities have described the figure as a man of average build, around 5ft 9in to 5ft 10in; Guthrie’s reported salary is $8 million, and her family and the FBI have offered rewards totalling up to $1.1 million for information.