The man tapped to save 60 Minutes has never worked in TV news—and he’s reportedly getting paid a $2.5 million salary to figure it out on the job.
Nick Bilton, a technology reporter turned screenwriter and documentary filmmaker, was named executive producer of the 57-year-old CBS newsmagazine last week by Bari Weiss, the network’s MAGA-friendly editor in chief, who also has no broadcast news background.
Bilton, 49, must now learn one of television’s most complex editorial operations from scratch, without any experience managing a large team of journalists or running a broadcast property—and with the show’s 59th season set to air in September.
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