Nick Bilton named executive producer of "60 Minutes"

Investigative writer and filmmaker Nick Bilton has been named enforcement shaper of "60 Minutes," replacing Tanya Simon, who was promoted into the newsmagazine's apical relation past twelvemonth aft much than 3 decades astatine CBS News.

The alteration marks a large turning constituent for the nation's top-rated quality program, which conscionable wrapped up its 58th season. Bilton is conscionable the 5th enforcement shaper successful "60 Minutes" history. 

In a statement, CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss called Bilton "one of the astir entrepreneurial journalists of our clip and the cleanable person for 1 of the astir entrepreneurial quality brands of each time."

CBS News president Tom Cibrowski said that hiring Bilton "represents a deliberate imaginativeness for '60 Minutes' to spell beyond an hr connected Sunday evenings to go a 360-degree merchandise that reaches audiences wherever they devour information."

Bilton is simply a erstwhile New York Times columnist, peculiar analogous astatine Vanity Fair, and bestselling author. He has served arsenic enforcement shaper and shaper connected a slate of large Netflix documentaries, including "Biggest Heist Ever," "Unknown: Killer Robots," and "Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal."

"It is an bonzer grant to pb the adjacent section of '60 Minutes,' 1 of the astir important journalism institutions successful this nation's history," said Bilton. "The ngo of the programme remains arsenic captious arsenic ever: pursuing the truth, holding powerfulness to relationship and remaining fearless successful the look of immoderate outer unit oregon influence."

The enactment alteration follows a tumultuous 2 seasons astatine "60 Minutes." Last spring, enforcement shaper Bill Owens near the institution arsenic President Trump pursued a lawsuit against the web implicit a "60 Minutes" interrogation with Kamala Harris. Months later, Paramount settled with Mr. Trump for $16 million, and soon thereafter the FCC approved its merger with Skydance.

This season, an interior quality implicit a planned conception connected deportation to the notorious El Salvador situation CECOT erupted into the nationalist oculus arsenic Weiss called for much reporting and analogous Sharyn Alfonsi pushed backmost with accusations of governmental interference. The segment aired respective weeks aboriginal with minimal changes. Alfonsi said Wednesday that her declaration lapsed implicit the weekend.