'60 Minutes’ Explodes With Firings, a Hiring and Questions About the Venerable News Program’s Future
About this episode
This episode discusses the recent changes and challenges facing the news program '60 Minutes'.
On today's episode, Variety's Brian Steinberg breaks down the implosion at "60 Minutes." Scott Pelley joins the list of correspondents getting the ax as a new executive producer, Nick Bilton, and CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss look to put their stamp on the venerable news program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Brian Steinberg
Topics covered
- news program changes
- media industry
- CBS News
- journalism
- television
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: CBS News
Books & works: 60 Minutes
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