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Veteran CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker reportedly voiced doubts about remaining at 60 Minutes amid Bari Weiss’s MAGA-curious overhaul, telling colleagues he feels like part of the resistance as the show undergoes staff shakeups and explores new formats, including reviving the Andy Rooney–style segments.
Ariel Levy, The New Yorker staff writer since 2008 and author of Female Chauvinist Pigs, will join CBS News’ 60 Minutes as a contributor as the program retools for digital-era viewers under Bari Weiss, joining a new roster that includes Ross Douthat and Sebastian Junger ahead of the Season 59 premiere on September 13.
New Yorker staff writer Ariel Levy is joining CBS News' 60 Minutes as a contributor, part of a broader May overhaul that has added new talent like Ross Douthat and Sebastian Junger; Levy, memoirist and host of The Just Enough Family podcast, will join Norah O'Donnell and the show's expanded team.
Former CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric criticizes CBS News’s MAGA-aligned leadership under Bari Weiss and David Ellison, calling reports of pro-Trump edits and the chaos at CBS News a 'total embarrassment,' while noting major staff purges at 60 Minutes and a ratings slide amid leadership changes.
Under Skydance’s David Ellison and Bari Weiss, CBS’s 60 Minutes has been radically remade, sidelining veteran investigative reporters in favor of anti-woke voices. Critics say the overhaul weakens the program’s public-service mission, while ex-staffers plot rival investigative projects, signaling potential threats to accountability journalism even as Ellison defends newsroom independence amid broader media-merger ambitions.
Madeleine Carlisle, a Yale graduate who has worked on 60 Minutes since 2022 after interning in 2017, exits CBS’s flagship newsmagazine amid Bari Weiss’s leadership shake-up that has fueled internal tensions and multiple departures at CBS News.
Madeleine Carlisle, Stephen Colbert’s daughter and a respected 60 Minutes associate producer, resigned from the program amid a wave of behind-the-scenes departures at CBS News as the longtime magazine gears up for a fall return under new leadership. The upheaval follows notable exits and comes alongside scrutiny over an unaired Epstein segment, which CBS says was not suppressed for political reasons. The show is preparing for a restart under Bari Weiss and Nick Bilton.
Madeleine Carlisle, Stephen Colbert's daughter and longtime associate producer on 60 Minutes, resigned amid a wave of CBS News staff departures and internal upheaval, just after a period of high-profile firings and reshuffles at the program and following the final bow of Colbert's Late Show.
Nick Bilton, the newly appointed executive producer of 60 Minutes, sent a stern memo scolding staff for a steady stream of leaks to the press; the 734‑word note—leaked to Status—urges the team to focus on reporting rather than gossip, amid a tumultuous period of staff shakeups and high-profile departures.
Former 60 Minutes executive producer Bill Owens reportedly seeks around $50 million to launch a rival, streaming, documentary-style investigative news program led by Scott Pelley; a business plan and pitch deck have circulated despite denials, but funding and platform appetite remain uncertain as talks progress.
Ex-60 Minutes stars Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi will be journalists-in-residence at Columbia University, teaching through lectures, workshops and events and contributing to the Columbia Journalism Review. Their appointments come after CBS News leadership changes, with Pelley fired for cause and Alfonsi’s contract lapsing amid tensions with Bari Weiss, and both have reportedly discussed launching a reboot of the show.
A former 60 Minutes producer, Bill Owens, is reportedly planning a rival current‑affairs program that would feature fired staffers and be led by Bari Weiss. The project is said to be pitched to major streamers (Netflix, Apple TV, YouTube) with about $50 million in funding, and could include ex‑60 Minutes figures such as Scott Pelley, Sharyn Alfonsi, Cecilia Vega, Tanya Simon, Draggan Mihailovich and Matthew Polevoy, though the plans have not been confirmed and may face budgeting and platform hurdles.
Trevor Phillips, newly named CBS News senior global affairs correspondent and upcoming 60 Minutes contributor, says Bari Weiss intends to overhaul CBS News with a heterodox approach. He notes the leadership’s controversial reception while outlining his role in broadening global coverage and keeping reporting at the forefront.
Reports suggest ousted 60 Minutes staff, led by former EP Bill Owens, are exploring raising funds to launch a standalone news program for streaming, possibly with former correspondents like Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi, with a suggested $50 million target. The viability is unclear, and sources note mixed signals about the Post’s story. Meanwhile, CBS has reshuffled its team, and Alfonsi and Pelley have become journalists-in-residence at Columbia University; Netflix and other streamers have shown little appetite for regular news, complicating a self-distribution plan.
Bill Owens, the former 60 Minutes executive producer, is reportedly planning a rival news program with Scott Pelley as host, aiming to raise about $50 million for two years of content and recruit other fired 60 Minutes staffers, though funding and platform challenges persist despite denials.