Scott Pelley, a veteran anchor for “60 Minutes,” was fired Tuesday after a contentious battle with CBS News management.The new executive producer of “60 Minutes,” Nick Bilton, terminated Pelley after Pelley allegedly refused to sit down with Bilton to “find a path forward together” on Tuesday, according to a post from Puck News journalist Dylan Byers.“Your antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear,” the termination email said.Bilton announced Pelley’s departure in a message to staff obtained by CNN.“I know how much Scott meant to many of you, and I don’t say this lightly. I made repeated attempts to have direct conversations with him over the weekend, and this afternoon I tried to find common ground. That was not the path Scott chose,” the statement read.“What I regret most is that this situation interfered with the conversation I had hoped to have with you about Season 59 and the future of this show. I realize this is a great deal of change in a very short time, and I wouldn’t pretend otherwise.”Pelley, whose career at CBS News spans more than three decades, criticized Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss and her newly appointed head of “60 Minutes” during a tense all-hands meeting earlier this month.“She’s murdering ‘60 Minutes,’” Pelley reportedly said about Weiss, who was notably absent from the all-hands. “She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it and is doing exactly that.”Weiss, a former opinion columnist, took over as editor-in-chief in October. Under her leadership, numerous “60 Minutes” employees have either left the program or been fired.In May, Weiss replaced executive producer Tanya Simon with tech journalist Nick Bilton, who has never worked in broadcast news.During the June all-hands meeting, Bilton reportedly began reading an introduction from his phone when Pelley interrupted him to focus on recent firings.When Bilton suggested the two have a private conversation away from the newsroom, Pelley declined, saying he preferred to speak in front of his colleagues.Bilton noted that they’re “my colleagues too.”Pelley reportedly replied, “That remains to be seen.” Pelley was applauded multiple times by other staffers during the meeting.Bill Owens, a former top executive producer who left “60 Minutes” in April over what he said was a lack of editorial independence, defended Pelley’s takedown of Bilton and Weiss.Owens said of Pelley, according to Dateline, while receiving a “Truth to Power Award” by the New York City Press Club, “I couldn’t be prouder of him, and I know all the people at ‘60 Minutes’ couldn’t be prouder of him.”This is a developing story. Check back for updates.Related60 MinutesCBS Newsbari weissScott PelleyNick Bilton