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Ex-’60 Minutes’ Staffers Attack Bari Weiss After Scott Pelley Fired

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Ex-’60 Minutes’ Staffers Attack Bari Weiss After Scott Pelley Fired

Staffers have taken to calling it “Black Thursday.”  On May 28, a half-dozen senior producers and correspondents at “60 Minutes,” the longest-running and highest-rated news program in the country, were unceremoniously shown the door. Correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega, as well as executive producer Tanya Simon and executive editor Draggan Mihailovich, were among them. The firings were carried … Read more

Paramount CEO Ellison Tells Lesley Stahl ’60 Min. Will Be Independent

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Paramount CEO Ellison Tells Lesley Stahl ’60 Min. Will Be Independent

Paramount CEO David Ellison recently vowed to “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl that the newsmagazine would have “editorial independence,” according to three people familiar with the matter, the latest sign the media conglomerate is trying to tamp down tensions around the venerable program in the wake of a recent ouster of its top producers and … Read more

Is Bari Weiss Breaking the News? ’60 Minutes’ Firings Spur Fear at CBS

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Is Bari Weiss Breaking the News? ’60 Minutes’ Firings Spur Fear at CBS

Scott Pelley’s bombshell interview with The New York Times over the weekend after his firing from “60 Minutes” has drawn even more scrutiny to the management style of Bari Weiss, who in October was installed to oversee CBS News. The former print journalist, who launched the “Free Press” website, had no TV experience when Paramount … Read more

FCC Boss Brendan Carr Slams Scott Pelley as ‘Completely Out of Touch’

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FCC Boss Brendan Carr Slams Scott Pelley as ‘Completely Out of Touch’

FCC boss Brendan Carr went after journalist Scott Pelley for claiming in his recent New York Times profile that it “hadn’t occurred” to him that he would be fired from “60 Minutes.” “One of the reasons why trust in media is so low is because many legacy journalists are completely out of touch,” Carr wrote … Read more

Scott Pelley Presses Paramount to Remove CBS News Chief Bari Weiss

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Scott Pelley Presses Paramount to Remove CBS News Chief Bari Weiss

Former “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley suggested in an interview with The New York Times that CBS News parent Paramount Skydance remove Bari Weiss as the leader of the news division, alleging in an emotional exchange that “television’s not her thing” and her inexperience with the medium and her belief that mainstream media is biased … Read more

Scott Pelley Thanks Fans for Support After ’60 Minutes’ Firing

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Scott Pelley Thanks Fans for Support After ’60 Minutes’ Firing

Unemployment looks good on former “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley, who took to Instagram on Saturday to thank his fans for their support after the program’s new executive producer, Nick Bilton, fired him after an explosive confrontation. “To all of you who have been so kind, you are the wind in my sails. So deeply … Read more

Paramount Made Big Changes to Colbert, 60 Min. Will Advertisers Spend?

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Paramount Made Big Changes to Colbert, 60 Min. Will Advertisers Spend?

Dozens of advertising and media buying executives convened in late April at an event space near the west side of New York City, eager to get a look at what Paramount Skydance had to offer in its first “upfront” market under the control of CEO David Ellison. Attendees sat at long tables, dined on exquisitely … Read more

’60 Minutes’ Boss Vows to ‘Pursue Stories Without Fear or Favor’

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’60 Minutes’ Boss Vows to ‘Pursue Stories Without Fear or Favor’

Maybe they will stay? The new executive producer of “60 Minutes” vowed in a memo Thursday to uphold the CBS News property’s commitment to pursue stories “without fear or favor” and to not be “instructed by the ownership of the company” on sensitive reports, even as many at the Paramount Skydance news outlet continue to … Read more