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Jeremy Barr

CBS News shakes up 60 Minutes as ousted correspondents ‘fear what comes next’

Nick Bilton CBS News 60 Minutes Tanya Simon Bari Weiss Sharyn Alfonsi
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Nick Bilton at the Vanity Fair New Establishment summit in Beverly Hills, California, on 9 October 2018. Photograph: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images

Amid rising questions about 60 Minutes’ editorial integrity, CBS News on Thursday announced major changes for the Sunday newsmagazine show, appointing the former New York Times tech journalist Nick Bilton as executive producer for the 59th season, which begins in the fall.

Tanya Simon, the daughter of legendary 60 Minutes correspondent Bob Simon, has been ousted as the show’s top producer, a role she took on after the resignation of longtime executive producer Bill Owens in the spring of 2025.

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