{"id":2607989,"date":"2026-05-28T17:09:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-axes-two-prominent-figures-adds-outsider-executive-producer-in-big-60-minutes-shakeup\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T17:10:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:10:31","slug":"cbs-axes-two-prominent-figures-adds-outsider-executive-producer-in-big-60-minutes-shakeup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-axes-two-prominent-figures-adds-outsider-executive-producer-in-big-60-minutes-shakeup\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS Axes Two Prominent Figures, Adds &#8216;Outsider&#8217; Executive Producer in Big &#8217;60 Minutes&#8217; Shakeup"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcbs-axes-two-prominent-figures-adds-outsider-executive-producer-in-big-60-minutes-shakeup%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2607989&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>CBS is making sweeping leadership changes at **\u201c60 Minutes.\u201d** According to reports, CBS editor **Bari Weiss** <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wait-until-you-see-whats-coming-president-trump-fires-warning-shot-on-fraudulent-computer-voting-systems\/\" title=\"&quot;Wait Until You See What&#039;s Coming!&quot; - President Trump Fires Warning Shot on Fraudulent Computer Voting Systems\">fired<\/a> long-time executive figures including producer **Tanya Simon** (who worked on the program for over 30 years), senior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sharon-osborne-slams-costars-cbs-piers-morgan-controversy-was-set-up-osborne-used-as-sacrificial-lamb\/\" title=\"Sharon Osborne Slams Costars, ...: Piers Morgan Controversy Was \u2018Set Up,\u2019 Osborne Used As \u2018Sacrificial Lamb\u2019\">executive producer<\/a> **Draggan Mihailovich**, and correspondents **Sharyn Alfonsi** and **Cecilia Vega**.  <\/p>\n<p>**Nick Bilton**, formerly a New York Times columnist and filmmaker, has been named to replace Simon. The New York Times characterizes the shakeup as the biggest gamble of weiss\u2019s tenure, given the show\u2019s historic status and ratings success.  <\/p>\n<p>The article also notes prior controversy involving Alfonsi\u2019s reporting on torture at a Salvadoran prison, and includes comments from Bilton saying an outsider can bring change and that he wants \u201c60 Minutes\u201d to be connected to CBS news without becoming controlled by it.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>CBS is shaking up \u201c60 Minutes\u201d with sweeping changes, including a new executive producer.<\/p>\n<p>Bari Weiss, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >top editor<\/a> at CBS, canned producer Tanya Simon, senior executive producer Draggan Mihailovich, and correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/28\/media\/60-minutes-executive-producer-tanya-simon-pushed-out-successor-named-one-day-after-sharyn-alfonsi-loses-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Former New York Times columnist and filmmaker Nick Bilton will replace Simon.<\/p>\n<p>Simon had spent more than 30 years with the program, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/28\/business\/media\/nick-bilton-60-minutes-bari-weiss.html?unlocked_article_code=1.l1A.NaF6.c2TBmlomEhDl&#038;smid=url-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SCOOP: Bari Weiss is preparing to announce broad-sweeping changes at 60 MINUTES *today*\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Sharyn Alfonsi has been fired<\/p>\n<p>Tanya Simon, the executive producer of 60 Minutes, has also been fired, per source<\/p>\n<p>More to come\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PuckNews?\">@PuckNews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DylanByers\/status\/2060028202161201377?\">May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Times framed the changes at \u201c60 Minutes\u201d as \u201cby far the largest gamble of Ms. Weiss\u2019s tenure\u201d due to the show\u2019s stature and longstanding ratings success.<\/p>\n<p>Alfonsi was in the news last year for a \u201c60 Minutes\u201d report on torture at a Salvadoran prison that Weiss held for further reporting, including a comment from the Trump administration. Alfonsi claimed that \u201cCBS was no longer separating editorial independence from corporate interests,\u201d the Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>Bilton, 49, said that his experience making documentaries and in TV will help him run \u201cthe most important news brand in American life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at Don Hewitt and how he came up with the idea for this,\u201d Bilton said. \u201cHe loved documentaries, but he did not have the patience to watch two-hour-long versions of them. So he came up with \u201860 Minutes,\u2019 which was a series of short documentaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bilton called issues from staff\u00a0 \u201cjust noise,\u201d saying it was due to changes taking place at the show.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On Election Night 2024, Cecilia Vega went on CBS and predicted \u201cviolence in the streets\u201d of Pennsylvania if the vote isn\u2019t counted fast enough.<\/p>\n<p>Today, CBS canned her from \u201960 Minutes\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vmT9PmAwfR\">pic.twitter.com\/vmT9PmAwfR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/2060042816361816213?\">May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bilton said an outsider can often make changes that someone from the inside could never accomplish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you take an insider and you put them inside a company, nothing changes,\u201d Mr. Bilton said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not saying that we\u2019re going to change the show completely and drastically. I\u2019m saying that there are all these approaches and ideas that we can do that I couldn\u2019t be more excited to jump into. And I think you need that outside vision to be able to do that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">CBS News\u2019 ratings are down 82% since 2000, and 60 Minutes is down 64% over that same period. 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