CBS News fires ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent Scott Pelley after clash with new producer
The firing follows a heated clash over editorial direction as 60 Minutes staff face sweeping changes under new ownership.
- On Tuesday, CBS News terminated veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley effective immediately, a day after he confronted the show's new executive producer, Nick Bilton, at a heated staff meeting.
- Tensions at 60 Minutes escalated in recent months as employees clashed with CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss over editorial direction under Paramount Skydance, the media company run by technology scion David Ellison.
- During Monday's meeting, Pelley accused Weiss of "murdering" the newsmagazine, telling Bilton, "She was brought in to kill it," and questioned why Bilton accepted the role "knowing that you would never be welcomed here."
- Executive producer Nick Bilton responded in a letter, stating, "Your antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear," and informed Pelley his employment was terminated for cause.
- Pelley's departure ends his nearly 40-year run at CBS News, deepening turmoil at 60 Minutes following recent exits of former executive producer Tanya Simon and correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega.
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60 Minutes correspondent fired after clashing with bosses over US show
CBS News has terminated the contract of 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley, two sources at the network said on Tuesday, joining more than half a dozen departures in recent weeks. “Your antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear. And I have heard you,” the show’s executive producer, Nick Bilton, wrote in a Tuesday email to Pelley that was seen “I therefore write on behalf of CBS News, Inc. (“CBS”) to inform you th…
Scott Pelley fired from '60 Minutes' as CBS News turmoil dee
CBS News fired longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday, a day after he allegedly said Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss was “murdering the show” and accused its new producer of having “slender qualifications” for the job. The move deepened the turmoil at the nation’s most influential TV news program and the news unit that oversees it. Pelley had criticized the program’s leadership during an introductory meeting Monday between the sh…
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