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60 Minutes Overhauls its lineup with Douthat and fresh contributors
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60 Minutes Overhauls its lineup with Douthat and fresh contributors

60 Minutes announced a major staffing refresh: Ross Douthat joins as a correspondent, with Sebastian Junger, Gianna Toboni, and Trevor Phillips as new contributors. Norah O'Donnell is promoted to full-time correspondent, while long-tenured hosts Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim remain. The season starts September 13 as the network navigates ongoing fallout from recent departures and questions of editorial independence.

60 Minutes Rebuilds Its Team After Mass Exodus With Douthat, Junger, Toboni and Phillips
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60 Minutes Rebuilds Its Team After Mass Exodus With Douthat, Junger, Toboni and Phillips

CBS News’ 60 Minutes is reshaping its lineup after a mass exodus, hiring Ross Douthat, Sebastian Junger, Gianna Toboni and Trevor Phillips. Norah O’Donnell will continue as a 60 Minutes correspondent, with Douthat joining as a correspondent alongside her and Junger, Toboni, and Phillips listed as contributors (Phillips remaining senior global affairs correspondent; Toboni named national CBS News correspondent). The changes follow departures of several longtime staffers, while some anchors intend to stay for Season 59, as the show adapts to new audiences and platforms.

Ross Douthat Joins 60 Minutes as CBS Overhauls Its Lineup
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Ross Douthat Joins 60 Minutes as CBS Overhauls Its Lineup

Conservative NYT columnist Ross Douthat is joining CBS News's 60 Minutes as a correspondent in a major program shakeup led by new editor Bari Weiss, with Norah O'Donnell also joining; the network fired several 60 Minutes correspondents and a top producer, while new contributors including Sebastian Junger, Gianna Toboni, and Trevor Phillips were announced and longtime anchors like Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and Jon Wertheim remain on the show.

60 Minutes retools lineup for 59th season with new contributors
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60 Minutes retools lineup for 59th season with new contributors

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.

60 Minutes Refreshes Its Lineup With High-Profile Journalists
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60 Minutes Refreshes Its Lineup With High-Profile Journalists

60 Minutes is reshaping its lineup under Bari Weiss by hiring high-profile talent: Ross Douthat becomes a correspondent, Sebastian Junger and Gianna Toboni join as contributors, Norah O'Donnell is promoted to correspondent, and Trevor Phillips is named a contributor, with Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim remaining. The changes follow exits of Scott Pelley, Anderson Cooper, Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega and aim to broaden the show's reach with multimedia journalists.

Ross Douthat Signs On as 60 Minutes Rebuilds Its Roster
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Ross Douthat Signs On as 60 Minutes Rebuilds Its Roster

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat will join CBS’s 60 Minutes as a full-time correspondent, part of a five-person intake intended to reboot the aging newsmagazine after a leadership shake-up. Along with Douthat, Norah O’Donnell becomes a full correspondent, and contributors Gianna Toboni, Trevor Phillips and Sebastian Junger also join the team as CBS renovates the program ahead of a fall season return. The moves come amid recent firings and a bid to stabilize 60 Minutes under CBS News’ new direction, with the season set to begin on Sept. 13.

60 Minutes Reboots with Douthat, Junger, Toboni and Phillips
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60 Minutes Reboots with Douthat, Junger, Toboni and Phillips

CBS News is revamping 60 Minutes with a new quartet—Ross Douthat, Sebastian Junger, Gianna Toboni and Trevor Phillips—joining Norah O’Donnell (who will take on additional duties) and executive producer Nick Bilton; the shake-up, ordered by Bari Weiss, aims to modernize the venerable newsmagazine for digital and younger audiences as season 59 debuts Sept. 13.