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 chief Bari Weiss.

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

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

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.

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

Bilton, who has never worked in television news, replaces Tanya Simon, a 30-year veteran of “60 Minutes.”

Nick Bilton, a former New York Times and Vanity Fair columnist, is the new executive producer of "60 Minutes." Read the memo he sent to staff.

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 is a former New York Times columnist and has made several documentaries for Netflix, where he worked with CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.

Bari Weiss is putting her stamp on the famous newsmagazine, an opportunity for change and a major risk.

Investigative journalist and filmmaker Nick Bilton has been named executive producer of "60 Minutes."

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

Among those ousted from the program was a reporter who challenged Bari Weiss' last-minute decision to pull a segment about abuse in Salvadoran prisons.

Among those ousted from the program was a reporter who challenged Bari Weiss' last-minute decision to pull a segment about abuse in Salvadoran prisons.

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…

Weiss has overhauled the prestige news show.

Weiss has overhauled the prestige news show.

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?