CBS News leader Bari Weiss replaces executive producer at '60 Minutes'
The overhaul adds outside leadership and cuts two correspondents as CBS News pushes the flagship program toward streaming and digital audiences.
- On Thursday, CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss named Nick Bilton as the new executive producer of 60 Minutes, replacing Tanya Simon and marking the first time the newsmagazine has hired a leader from outside television news.
- Since President Trump filed a $20 billion lawsuit against CBS in October 2024, the program has faced sustained turmoil, compounded by longtime correspondent Anderson Cooper's departure over editorial independence concerns.
- CBS officially fired correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi on Thursday after she protested management's postponement of a segment on an El Salvadoran prison, while also dismissing executive editor Draggan Mihailovich and correspondent Cecilia Vega.
- Cibrowski stated the hire supports a vision to make 60 Minutes a "360-degree product" reaching audiences across platforms, though staff have reported "existential dread" regarding the sweeping changes.
- Bilton pledged to lead rather than "preserve it under glass," adapting the show for 24-hour content consumption while planning to meet staff in coming weeks to discuss his vision.
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Bari Weiss Hires Credulous Dope To Run '60 Minutes'
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss is making big moves. This week, she declined to renew the contract of 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, whose report on the hellish conditions at the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo prison in El Salvador was pulled off the air last December for not offering enough deference to the Trump administration; Alfonsi was one of three departures from the program. Weiss also installed Nick Bilton as the n…
CBS picks new ‘60 Minutes’ leader from outside TV news
CBS News named journalist Nick Bilton as executive producer of news magazine “60 Minutes” on Thursday, marking the first time the longrunning show has tapped a leader from outside traditional television news. The post CBS picks new ‘60 Minutes’ leader from outside TV news appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
CBS News axes huge star in major network shakeup – The Horn News
Saying it was time for a new approach and a new chapter, CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss has replaced the executive producer of “60 Minutes,” naming outsider Nick Bilton, a longtime technology journalist and documentarian, as the show’s new leader. Executive producer Tanya Simon will be leaving about a year after being named to the job following 30 years at the venerable Sunday evening program. The moves cap a period of turmoil for the vener…
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