{"id":2608602,"date":"2026-05-30T13:14:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T17:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-news-bari-weiss-fired-a-60-minutes-producer-citing-new-approach\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T13:16:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T17:16:56","slug":"cbs-news-bari-weiss-fired-a-60-minutes-producer-citing-new-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-news-bari-weiss-fired-a-60-minutes-producer-citing-new-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS News&#8217; Bari Weiss Fired A &#8217;60 Minutes&#8217; Producer Citing &#8216;New Approach&#8217;"},"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\">24<\/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-news-bari-weiss-fired-a-60-minutes-producer-citing-new-approach%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=2608602&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 News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss has replaced the <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> of **\u201c60 Minutes\u201d**, appointing longtime technology journalist and documentarian **nick Bilton** as the show\u2019s new leader. The change follows the departure of **executive producer Tanya Simon**, who had held the role for about a year after a long career with the program.<\/p>\n<p>Weiss and CBS News president Tom Cibrowski say the goal is to make **\u201c60 Minutes\u201d thrive in the 21st century** by expanding it beyond a single one<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rachel-maddow-taking-hiatus-from-her-msnbc-show\/\" title=\"Rachel Maddow Taking Hiatus From Her MSNBC Show\">-hour broadcast<\/a>, increasing its impact across CBS News, and maintaining the show\u2019s standards for ambition, fairness, and fearlessness.<\/p>\n<p>Reports also say corresponding changes were made to the show\u2019s staff, including the release of **Sharyn Alfonsi** (her segment about deportees in a Salvadoran prison was pulled before airing) and **Cecilia Vega**.The article notes that these actions were expected given weiss\u2019s reputation as a polarizing figure and her leadership at CBS after joining in October.<\/p>\n<p>In his memo, Bilton-who does not come from traditional broadcast experience-argues that **\u201c60 Minutes\u201d** remains a crucial journalism brand but must evolve as audience habits and the news landscape have changed.<\/p>\n<p>Additional context mentioned includes prior **Alfonsi** editorial controversy, a Paramount settlement with President Donald Trump related to an interview handling dispute, and **Anderson Cooper\u2019s** exit from the show-along with questions about whether leadership changes played a role.  <\/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><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 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 \u201c60 Minutes,\u201d naming outsider Nick Bilton, a longtime technology journalist and documentarian, as the show\u2019s new leader.<\/p>\n<p>Executive producer Tanya Simon will be leaving about a year after being named to the job following 30 years at the venerable Sunday evening program. The moves cap a period of turmoil for the venerable newsmagazine that premiered in 1968 and is known for its ticking stopwatch.<\/p>\n<p>In a memo to staff Thursday, Weiss and CBS News President Tom Cibrowski said their goal was \u201cbuilding a show that thrives in the 21st century.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat requires a new approach,\u201d Weiss and Cibrowski wrote, defining it as \u201cexpanding \u201860 Minutes\u2019 beyond a one-hour television broadcast, deepening its role across CBS News, and holding everything we produce to the ambition, fairness, and fearlessness that have defined \u201860 Minutes\u2019 at its best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bilton, they said, \u201cembodies the energy and ambition that animated the founders of the show. We cannot imagine a better fit.\u201d Bilton is also a former New York Times technology columnist.<\/p>\n<p>Also let go, according to a person familiar with the situation who spoke on anonymity: correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi, whose segment about Trump administration deportees in a Salvadoran prison was abruptly pulled by Weiss, running a month later; and Cecilia Vega.<\/p>\n<p>Sweeping actions like those announced Thursday had been widely expected from Weiss, founder of the Free Press website. Since she was hired in October by CBS parent company Paramount Global\u2019s new management, she has fast become a headline-maker and polarizing figure in journalism.<\/p>\n<p>In his own lengthy memo to staff, Bilton, who comes to his new post without traditional broadcast experience, said \u201c60 Minutes\u201d was \u201cwithout exaggeration, the most <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >important television journalism brand<\/a> this country has ever produced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that this show has remained a fixed point in a culture is part of why this show still matters as much as it does,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI don\u2019t want to lose that. But the world we are reporting on, and the world we are reporting to, where people consume their news, has moved. And if we don\u2019t move with it, in the ways that matter, we won\u2019t be here for the next sixty years. I want to do everything humanly possible to ensure that we are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In July of last year, to the dismay of many at the show, Paramount settled with President Donald Trump out-of-court after he sued \u201c60 Minutes\u201d for how it had handled an interview with Kamala Harris, his 2024 election opponent.<\/p>\n<p>In December, the show, at Weiss\u2019 direction, held off at the last minute showing Alfonsi\u2019s report about the deportees, saying greater effort was needed to secure an interview with administration officials. Alfonsi complained privately that the decision was political. The story aired a month later with additional administration comments, but no on-camera interviews with officials.<\/p>\n<p>The episode, and others, has had critics watching to see if Weiss is moving the network in a Trump-friendly direction. Since her appointment, Trump administration officials have been more visible on CBS News, in interviews that she sometimes helped arrange. The President himself was interviewed by Norah O\u2019Donnell on \u201c60 Minutes\u201d on Nov. 2.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Anderson Cooper exited the show, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family, but raising questions about whether it had anything to do with Weiss\u2019s leadership. 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