In May, Noah Oppenheim left the Today show, where he was pulling double duty while also manning David Gregory's Race to the White House, for Reveille, the production studio that Ben Silverman just unloaded. Now, Oppenheim's replacement arrives. Today EP Jim Bell alerted staffers via email last night that Noah Kotch is taking his place, arriving from ABC News. Today was his first day.

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Today show and Race to the White House producer Noah Oppenheim is leaving NBC News to head to Reveille, the production unit started by NBC's co-chair Ben Silverman that's behind Ugly Betty and The Office. [TVN] Bowing to pressure of conflicts of interest, Silverman sold Reveille this year to Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine, which means his new job will put him closer to Bill O'Reilly than it will to Keith Olbermann. No matter, though: Today show exec producer Jim Bell is "happy that he'll still be part of NBCU's extended family."

Is Today show producer Noah Oppenheim about to be named executive producer of David Gregory's new 6pm MSNBC show? That's the rumor we're hearing from inside 30 Rock. [Ed: Update: It's also the rumor the Observer already heard.] Oppenheim, who runs the 7am hour of the Today show, is said to be the frontrunner for Tucker Carlson's replacement show. But naming him to the lucrative spot has some concerned — is this just more evidence that veterans from NBC proper are heavy-handing their way into leadership roles at the cable net? To be fair, Noah is a MSNBC veteran himself; he was once a senior producer of of Hardball and EP of Scarborough Country. (Bonus points: Oppenheim was also, according to his website, the editorial chair of The Harvard Crimson while a student.)