CBS News Ousts '60 Minutes' Executive Producer Tanya Simon and Two Correspondents in Major Shakeup
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Summary
CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss has ousted top executive producers Tanya Simon and Draggan Mihailoivich, along with correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega, from the long-running news program '60 Minutes.' Nick Bilton, a former New York Times tech columnist and Vanity Fair contributor, has been named the new executive producer. The shakeup affects the most-watched and best-regarded property in TV news, which generated $206.3 million in advertising revenue in 2024.
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CBS News named Nick Bilton, a former technology columnist at The New York Times and a contributor at Vanity Fair as the new executive producer of the program
adding a degree of uncertainty to the next steps of a series that generated $206.3 million in advertising in 2024
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