Nick Bilton, New ‘60 Minutes’ Boss, Wants Newsmagazine to Stick on Digital, Mobile Screens

By Brian Steinberg

Brian Steinberg

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The new boss at “60 Minutes” believes the venerable newsmagazine ought to be more prevalent in popular culture and the news cycle, rather than merely holding forth in its usual place on Sunday evenings on CBS.

“The show is on the air one day, one night, one hour a week, and to me there is an incredible opportunity to take the show and do a lot of things with it,” says Nick Bilton, who was named executive producer of the CBS News mainstay Thursday in an announcement that has shocked insiders at the news division. Bilton is replacing Tanya Simon, a longtime senior steward of the show and a daughter of one of its former correspondents, Bob Simon. Her deputy, Draggan Mihailovich, was also ousted, along with two of the show’s correspondents, Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega.

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