Lesley Stahl Drops Big Clue She’s Staying With ’60 Minutes’ After Shocking Exits
Nick Bilton said the program will pursue stories without fear or favor as CBS tries to keep its three remaining full-time correspondents.
- On Thursday, 60 Minutes executive producer Nick Bilton vowed in a memo to uphold CBS News' commitment to journalistic independence and offer assurances about the program's future.
- Following the firing of Scott Pelley, concerns over corporate influence at Paramount Skydance prompted Bilton to address the program's future amid a broad hollowing out of its senior ranks.
- "We will always make the story the North Star," Bilton wrote, pledging that staff will not be "instructed by the ownership of the company" on sensitive reports.
- Remaining correspondents Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and Jon Wertheim met with Bilton on Wednesday to discuss the program's state; Bilton and Stahl met for dinner that evening.
- Maria Gavrilovic has been named senior producer, though it remains unclear whether correspondents Stahl, Whitaker, and Wertheim will continue with the program.
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New '60 Minutes' top producer tries to reassure staffers after a chaotic week. Read the full memo.
Nick Bilton hadn't worked in TV news before getting the "60 Minutes" gig.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty ImagesNew "60 Minutes" executive producer Nick Bilton had a drama-filled start to his tenure.Former correspondent Scott Pelley questioned Bilton's qualifications in front of "60 Minutes" staff.Read Bilton's latest memo to "60 Minutes" employees that tries to reassure them about the future.The new top producer at "60 Minutes" is thanking staffers for t…
New ’60 Minutes’ Executive Producer Sends Out Memo After Scott Pelley Firing, Says Show Will Never Be “Instructed By The Ownership” Of CBS On Stories
Following the firing of Scott Pelley and others at 60 Minutes, the show’s new executive producer Nick Bilton sent out a new memo to staffers, an effort to offer assurances about the program’s future amid allegations of corporate influence. “We will always make the story the North Star — not relationships nor politics nor anything […]
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