New ‘60 Minutes’ Producer’s Cringe Side Hustle Revealed

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The https://www.thedailybeast.com/cbs-news-maga-coded-boss-bari-weiss-taps-new-60-minutes-chief-nick-bilton/" rel="">newly installed, already controversial executive producer of 60 Minutes may not have any traditional broadcasting experience, but he does moonlight as a podcast bro—albeit one with a small audience.

Tech columnist Nick Bilton was tapped by CBS’s far more controversial editor-in-chief, https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/bari-weiss/" rel="">Bari Weiss, to sit at the helm of the network’s flagship newsmagazine show on Thursday—a move that sent shockwaves through CBS and beyond.

The 49-year-old replaced Tanya Simon, a producer at the program for nearly 30 years, in one of Weiss’s boldest moves yet since coming aboard the network in October.

Weiss told https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/business/media/nick-bilton-60-minutes-bari-weiss.html" rel="">The New York Times that she chose Bilton largely for his storytelling across multiple platforms, which apparently includes podcasting.

Bilton, alongside Dick Costolo and Paul Kedrosky, hosts a weekly podcast innovatively titled The Nick, Dick, and Paul Show.

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