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CBS News on Thursday announced Nick Bilton, a British-American journalist, author and filmmaker, as executive producer of its flagship news magazine program "60 Minutes."

Why it matters: His hiring comes at a trying time for the program, as some staffers push back against changes at the show and the broader network by CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.

Zoom in: Bilton, a CBS outsider, was formerly a tech columnist for the New York Times and a special correspondent for Vanity Fair.