Insiders Drop Claims About Strife At 60 Minutes After Bari Weiss’ Changes: ‘The Tension Is Thick’

'60 Minutes' boss suffers humiliation as memo threatening leakers immediately leaks

CBS head Bari Weiss's handpicked executive editor for the venerable "60 Minutes" newsmagazine suffered another humiliating blow over the weekend.According to a report from media watchdog Status, Executive Editor Nick Bilton welcomed back new and old staffers from their July vacation in an email in which he also expressed his frustration with leaks.It was then forwarded to Status. According to Status, he expressed hope they were well-rested and t…

60 Minutes Exec Producer Scolds About Leaks in ‘Stern’ Memo — Which Gets Leaked: Report

Screenshot via 60 Minutes on Facebook. Nick Bilton, the executive producer of 60 Minutes who took the reins of CBS News’ television newsmagazine in May, sent a “stern” memo to his entire staff, scolding them about “the steady stream of leaks” to the press, reported Oliver Darcy at Status — after the memo was itself leaked to him. Bilton’s tenure kicked off during a remarkably tumultuous period for 60 Minutes, as Bari Weiss, the editor-in-chief h…

The New ‘60 Minutes': Bari Weiss' Shakeup Is a Bellwether for Her CBS Strategy

Welcome back to “The Media Front.” The names are new. The questions hanging over “60 Minutes” aren’t. Nick Bilton, just two months in as executive producer, this week introduced Ross Douthat, Sebastian Junger, Gianna Toboni and Trevor Phillips as the newest correspondents on television’s most influential newsmagazine. On paper, they’re personnel announcements. Inside the television business, they’re being viewed as something much larger: the fir…

Insiders Drop Claims About Strife At 60 Minutes After Bari Weiss’ Changes: ‘The Tension Is Thick’

60 Minutes will look significantly different when it returns to the 2026 TV schedule this fall for its 59th season. Earlier this summer, several correspondents and producers were let go from the show under the tenure of CBS News’ editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss. New staffers have since been brought in to join the series’ veterans. If a recent report is to be believed, further drama is now unfolding behind closed doors as the two subsections of emplo…

'60 Minutes' Drama: 'Two Camps' Spark Internal Chaos at Crisis-Hit Show as 'New Guard' Takes Over, Insiders Claim

Civil war has broken out at '60 Minutes' after the troubled CBS News show fractured into two rival camps since Bari Weiss's overhaul, according to new claims.