In her most significant move yet since taking over #CBSNews last year, the network’s editor in chief #BariWeiss launched a major overhaul of its flagship newsmagazine #60Minutes, installing veteran features journalist #NickBilton as the new executive producer of the venerable newsweekly, while parting ways with a handful of top producers and correspondents.⁠ ⁠ The broadcaster made a series of moves to shake-up the program, terminating exec producer Tanya Simon as well as correspondents Cecilia Vega and Sharyn Alfonsi after the Memorial Day holiday. Other senior producers were also let go.⁠ ⁠ Free Press founder Weiss, who joined CBS last October, had long telegraphed that major changes were afoot in an effort to remake 60 Minutes under a new ownership regime led by Paramount CEO David Ellison. The Hollywood Reporter reported back in February that Weiss was looking to overhaul the program, which is the most-watched news show in America with north of 6 million viewers every week, and ofte...