CBS News, Bari Weiss hire Nick Bilton to run ‘60 Minutes’

CBS News editor Bari Weiss hired a new executive producer at “60 Minutes,” the network’s flagship newsmagazine: Nick Bilton, a former New York Times tech columnist.

CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss on Thursday replaced Tanya Simon, the executive producer of the network’s flagship newsmagazine “60 Minutes,” with a technology journalist who has never worked in television news.

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Nick Bilton, a documentarian and former New York Times technology columnist, will take over for Simon when the show returns for a 59th season in the fall, CBS News leaders announced.

The moves are part of Weiss’ sweeping shake-up of the storied program, created by the legendary producer Don Hewitt.