Nick Bilton Plans Gonzo Turn at 60 Minutes After Becoming Executive Producer

2 articles · Updated · The A.V. Club · May 29

Nick Bilton, named executive producer of 60 Minutes a day earlier, said the CBS newsmagazine could get “kind of gonzo” in its reporting.
The remark offers the clearest early signal of how Bilton may reshape the long-running program under newly installed CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.
Bilton is a less familiar figure in 2026 than Weiss, and scrutiny of his record has resurfaced, including a 2015 New York Times article that later drew roughly 300 words of corrections and editor’s notes.
The proposed shift lands amid deep unease inside CBS News, where employees quoted in the report described the situation around 60 Minutes as effectively “over.”

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