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CBS appoints Bilton, fires Scott Pelley, cuts senior staff.

6/11/2026

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CBS News named Nick Bilton as head of “60 Minutes”.
CBS hired Kelly Funke on a 90-day contract with renewal option and added Nick De Lucca as operations manager.
On May 28 CBS dismissed executive producer Tanya Simon, producer Draggan Mihailovich and correspondent Cecilia Vega, and a day earlier declined to renew Sharyn Alfonsi’s contract.
Veteran correspondent Scott Pelley confronted Bilton at a June 1 staff meeting and was fired.

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Story summary

CBS News named Nick Bilton as head of “60 Minutes”.
CBS hired Kelly Funke on a 90-day contract with renewal option and added Nick De Lucca as operations manager.
On May 28 CBS dismissed executive producer Tanya Simon, producer Draggan Mihailovich and correspondent Cecilia Vega, and a day earlier declined to renew Sharyn Alfonsi’s contract.
Veteran correspondent Scott Pelley confronted Bilton at a June 1 staff meeting and was fired.