{"id":2436076,"date":"2026-05-28T22:08:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2436076"},"modified":"2026-05-28T22:08:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:08:23","slug":"cbs-picks-nick-bilton-as-new-60-minutes-executive-producer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/cbs-picks-nick-bilton-as-new-60-minutes-executive-producer\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS Picks Nick Bilton as New 60 Minutes Executive Producer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>May 28 (Reuters) \u2013 CBS News named on Thursday journalist and author <strong>Nick Bilton<\/strong> as executive producer of news magazine show <em>60 Minutes<\/em>, marking the first time the show has tapped a leader from outside traditional television news.<\/p>\n<p>Bilton, 49, is the fifth executive producer in the show\u2019s history. His appointment is part of a shakeup at the 57-year-old program and follows a string of other unconventional hires of podcasters and opinion writers in a new strategy to draw younger audiences. He succeeds <strong>Tanya Simon<\/strong>, who became the program\u2019s first female executive producer last year.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/60-minutes-sharyn-alfonsi-contract-not-renewed-amid-clash\/\">editor-in-chief <strong>Bari Weiss<\/strong> <\/a>is pushing to reshape the newsroom with a stronger focus on streaming and digital audiences following Paramount Skydance\u2019s acquisition of her outlet, The Free Press. While <em>60 Minutes<\/em> was one of the top broadcast shows this past season with 9.7 million viewers on average, ratings are down more than 20% from a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNick embodies the energy and ambition that animated the founders of the show. We cannot imagine a better fit,\u201d Weiss and CBS News President <strong>Tom Cibrowski <\/strong>said in a note to staff.<\/p>\n<p>Bilton previously worked as a tech journalist and filmmaker with an investigative background. At the <em>New York Times<\/em>, he covered how technology reshaped business and society.<\/p>\n<p>His reporting led to investigations by the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice and Congress, according to CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHiring Nick represents a deliberate vision for <em>60 Minutes<\/em> to go beyond an hour on Sunday evenings to become a 360-degree product that reaches audiences wherever they consume information,\u201d Cibrowski, 58, said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>David Ellison<\/strong> \u2013 the son of longtime supporter of President \u200b<strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>, <strong>Larry Ellison<\/strong> \u2013 \u200bacquired Paramount in August \u2060and installed Weiss, 42, in October. David, 43, helped secure regulatory approval for the deal that created Paramount Skydance, with the promise that the \u200bCBS network would reflect the \u201cvaried ideological perspectives\u201d of American viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Weiss\u2019 plan to infuse a \u201cstreaming mentality\u201d into the storied news magazine, which included restructuring the newsroom and starting news coverage on digital platforms and ending up on television, drew mixed reviews.<\/p>\n<p>(By Brendan McDermid. Reporting by Harshita Mary Varghese in Bengaluru; editing by Alan Barona, Rod Nickel)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 28 (Reuters) \u2013 CBS News named on Thursday journalist and author Nick Bilton as executive producer of news magazine show 60 Minutes, marking the first time the show has tapped a leader from outside traditional television news. Bilton, 49, is the fifth executive producer in the show\u2019s history. 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