60 Minutes, Bari Weiss
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Bari Weiss, CBS’s editor in chief, named Nick Bilton, a tech journalist and filmmaker, as the show’s executive producer. The network also fired two on-air correspondents.
Hold the stopwatch! The new boss at “60 Minutes” believes the venerable newsmagazine ought to be more prevalent in popular culture and the news cycle, rather than merely holding forth in its usual place on Sunday evenings on CBS.
UPDATED: CBS News is replacing the executive producer of 60 Minutes, with Tanya Simon exiting and Nick Bilton named to lead its top-rated newsmagazine. “Nick is one of the most entrepreneurial journalists of our time and the perfect leader for one of the most entrepreneurial news brands of all time,
CBS News head Bari Weiss announced on Thursday that she is hiring tech writer & documentarian Nick Bilton as the new executive producer of the long-running CBS newsmagazine 60 Min