Firings at CBS' '60 Minutes' reflect the fight for media control in the age of Trump

The show's new leader says he fired star Scott Pelley for insubordination. Pelley says he was defending the integrity of the ...
New York Magazine

Steve Kroft Says the 60 Minutes We’ve Known ‘No Longer Exists’

The meltdown at 60 Minutes has transfixed the media world this week, as CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss fired deeply respected staffers and correspondents, installed broadcast-news outsider Nick ...

Calling for ‘new approach,’ CBS News leader Bari Weiss replaces executive producer at ’60 Minutes’

Saying it was time for a new approach and a new chapter, CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss has replaced the executive ...
The New York Times

CBS News Fires Scott Pelley of ‘60 Minutes’

Mr. Pelley, a former “CBS Evening News” anchor, was ousted after months of tensions between staff and Bari Weiss, the network’s editor in chief. By Benjamin Mullin and Michael M. Grynbaum CBS News ...