NBC Staffers ‘Begging the Company to Do Something’ and Help Pay $6 Million Ransom for Nancy Guthrie

Savannah Guthrie‘s coworkers at NBC want more action from the top to help bring Nancy Guthrie home, according to Rob Shuter.

In the Wednesday, February 11 edition of Shuter’s Naughty But Nice Substack, he reported that “NBC staffers are quietly pressuring leadership to step in and help pay the reported $6 million ransom,” the alleged and anonymous kidnapper is demanding.

“People are begging the company to do something,” one source revealed. “Savannah is family to them.”

However, there is fear at the network that helping pay the ransom will encourage others to go after them for money.

“That’s the nightmare scenario,” a second source explained. “You don’t want to become a target.”

Another insider shared that while “no one wants blood on their hands,” NBC also doesn’t want “to open a door that can’t be closed.”

Shuter noted that the network is not “pressuring” Savannah, 54, in any way and is on board with her stepping away from Today as needed.

“This isn’t about ratings or contracts,” a fourth source shared. “It’s about fear, compassion, and the impossible choices no one prepares you for.”

As In Touch previously reported, Nancy, 84, was last seen on the night of Saturday, January 31. She was reported missing the next day, on Sunday, February 1, seemingly taken from her home in Catalina Foothills, Arizona.

According to People, the alleged ransom note was sent to multiple outlets one day after Nancy was reported missing, demanding a $4 million payment to a Bitcoin account by February 5. After that deadline lapsed, the alleged note demanded $6 million, payable by February 9 at 5 p.m.

Following the last deadline, an FBI spokesperson said that the agency was “not aware” of any “continued” communication between the Guthrie family and the alleged kidnappers, per People.

Then on February 10, a source confirmed to People that only “hundreds of dollars,” had been placed in the bitcoin wallet in question.