And to me, this is just further evidence that when someone is perceived to be the face of a franchise that's raking in hundreds of millions of dollars for the network, there are no consequences for any of the bad behavior.

And that is a powerful thing.  

What angers me is that it's clear that people knew, and I'm guessing there were a lot of Today Show employees whose jaws dropped at NBC's claim that this was the only complaint ever made about Lauer in the 20 years he'd been there.  Could it be technically correct because no formal complaints were made?  Maybe, but I think that's going to end up biting them in the butt - because the reporting suggests that, just like in Weinstein and Rose and Louis CK, complaints were expressed to producers and others - people who did have the power to do something.

When things like this are common knowledge, it seems highly disingenuous to hang one's hat on a technicality:

Behind the scenes, however, the on-set environment could sometimes resemble a boys' club, particularly in the years before Comcast completed its acquisition of NBCUniversal in 2013, according to interviews with more than half a dozen former staff members.

Jokes about women's appearances were routine, the former employees said. One former producer recalled a director saying he "wanted some milk" in reference to one woman's chest and making inappropriate comments about women over an audio feed with multiple people listening. Two former employees recalled colleagues playing a crude game in which they chose which female guests or staff members they would prefer to marry, kill or have sex with.

The Times also reported:

An NBC spokeswoman declined on Wednesday to comment on the "boys' club" characterization, but pointed out that 13 of 19 senior-level female producers at "Today" had been promoted since 2015.

Is this supposed to mean something?  Because my reaction was, "yeah, and so what?"  

It just kills me sometimes that management seems to think that stocking the ranks with a diverse group of employees inoculates them from accusations of a variety of bad behaviors and attitudes, when often, the lack of real commitment to a non-hostile work environment only serves to permits the behavior to continue.