CBS News is taking a huge risk by overhauling “60 Minutes.” Why blow up a profitable, prestigious newsmagazine when there is so much else at CBS that needs fixing?

CBS has hired tech writer & documentarian Nick Bilton as the new executive producer of "60 Minutes"

CBS News has fired a slew of journalists at 60 Minutes and installed a new executive producer.

Mr. Bilton, a documentarian and former New York Times columnist, said he would bring new voices to the show, which he said was the most important news program in America.

“60 Minutes” executive producer Tanya Simon is exiting CBS News as editor-in-chief Bari Weiss installs former New York Times columnist and filmmaker to run the iconic newsmagazine…

Shake Up at '60 Minutes' as CBS News Ousts Executive Producer Tanya Simon, Correspondents Cecilia Vega, Sharyn Alfonsi

The Vanity Fair writer will now oversee the venerable weekly newsmagazine.

Saying it was time for a new approach and a new chapter, CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss has replaced the executive producer of “60 Minutes."

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."

Nick Bilton, New '60 Minutes' Boss, Wants Newsmagazine to Stick on Digital, Mobile Screens

NEW YORK: Saying it was time for a new approach and a new chapter, CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss has replaced the executive producer of “60 Minutes,” naming outsider Nick…

On Thursday, CBS News and controversial editor-in-chief Bari Weiss shook up TV news gold standard, “60 Minutes," with major overhaul.

Tanya Simon is out after a year in the top job. Nick Bilton — a former NYT columnist with no broadcast experience — will lead the 58-year-old newsmagazine.

Saying it was time for a new approach and a new chapter, CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss has replaced the executive producer of “60 Minutes,” naming outsider Nick Bilton, a…

CBS News is taking a huge risk by overhauling “60 Minutes.” Why blow up a profitable, prestigious newsmagazine when there is so much else at CBS that needs fixing?

Its incoming exec producer reveals early plans (including beat correspondents) as the overhaul hits insiders “like a ton of bricks" after being telegraphed by CBS News editor in…

Correspondent Scott Pelley confronted the show’s new executive producer in a contentious staff meeting.