'60 Minutes' Boss Vows to 'Pursue Stories Without Fear or Favor,' While CBS Waits for Word of Whether Remaining Correspondents Will Stay

New CBS News leaders argue changes are necessary to help the show modernize, while top talent worry innovation is being used as a cover for seizing more editorial control.

The show's new leader says he fired star Scott Pelley for insubordination. Pelley says he was defending the integrity of the show's journalism after three top executives and two…

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Will Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker Exit ‘60 Minutes' After Scott Pelley's Firing?

CBS News Gutted the '60 Minutes' On-Air Team. Can This Show Really Go On?

A stunning week of revelations of discord at “60 Minutes” has raised a host of questions, and left people inside and outside the network wondering about the program's ultimate…

After the dramatic termination of Scott Pelley, four of the show’s seven full-time correspondents are out under Bari Weiss’ leadership

With a shellshocked staff and several open correspondent offices, Nick Bilton is trying to find a way forward for “60 Minutes.”

Questions about the plans of Bill Whitaker, Lesley Stahl and Jon Wertheim resurfaced following the firing of Scott Pelley.

'60 Minutes' Boss Vows to 'Pursue Stories Without Fear or Favor,' While CBS Waits for Word of Whether Remaining Correspondents Will Stay

The show's new boss sent the memo amid a tumultuous week for the venerable newsmagazine.

The new executive producer of the program sought to lift staff morale after recent high-profile turmoil.

The “60 Minutes” correspondents vowed to stay at the news program, but criticized the firings of their colleagues and said newsrooms should not be run like “dictatorships.”

Amid the uncertainty, Stahl hired top Creative Artists Agency agent Bryan Lourd to represent her, Puck reported.

Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, Jon Wertheim to Stay at '60 Minutes'

The future of the correspondents' role had been in doubt after the ouster of EP Tanya Simon and the hiring of outsider Nick Bilton.

The three remaining “60 Minutes” correspondents told colleagues Friday that they will stay with the embattled newsmagazine for one stark reason: “We don’t want to see ‘60 Minutes’…

Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and Jon Wertheim are staying at "60 Minutes" after the firing of Scott Pelley by Bari Weiss' CBS News.

“We don’t want to see ‘60 Minutes’ die,” the show veterans said, after CBS News boss Bari Weiss fired several correspondents and top producers.

"We don't want to see 60 Minutes die," the correspondents wrote in a memo.