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CBS’s 60 Minutes is adding Ross Douthat, Norah O’Donnell, Sebastian Junger, Trevor Phillips, and Gianna Toboni as contributors for its 59th season, joining veteran correspondents Lesley Stahl, Jon Wertheim and Bill Whitaker, in the wake of CBS News’s leadership shakeup led by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and new executive producer Nick Bilton.
CBS News fired Scott Pelley from 60 Minutes as part of a broader leadership shakeup under Bari Weiss, with new editor Nick Bilton taking the helm amid layoffs and staff upheaval. Pelley and others criticized the changes as politicizing the program, while Bilton defended the move. The firings follow broader cuts at CBS News, including the exit of longtime executives and correspondents and the shutdown of CBS’s radio division.