New ‘60 Min’ Boss Desperately Tries to Keep Remaining Stars
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Newly installed 60 Minutes executive producer Nick Bilton appears to be trying to win over the show’s three remaining stars after a mass purge of veteran correspondents.
Bilton, who was hired by CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, fired the show’s most-awarded correspondent, Scott Pelley, on Tuesday, a day after Pelley confronted him in front of the show’s staff over a string of firings and his plans for the storied news program.
Pelley is the fourth correspondent to leave the show since February, after Weiss fired Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega last Thursday and Anderson Cooper chose not to renew his contract.
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