Following the firing of Scott Pelley and others at 60 Minutes, the show’s new executive producer Nick Bilton sent out a new memo to staffers, an effort to offer assurances about the program’s future amid allegations of corporate influence.
“We will always make the story the North Star — not relationships nor politics nor anything else. We will be guided solely and always by what makes the best piece for our viewers,” Bilton wrote. “And it should go without saying, but I’ll say it anyway: We will never be instructed by the ownership of the company on these stories.”
Bilton also wrote that he has had conversations with the show’s three remaining full-time correspondents, Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim, although his memo did not indicate whether they planned to stay with the show.
“We talked about what makes 60 Minutes exceptional, about the traditions and legacy of the past, about how you do the work that produces such momentous pieces. We also talked about change: About new audiences, new platforms, and new ways of storytelling that these new audiences need.”
Bilton also wrote that Maria Gavrilovic has been named senior producer.
More to come.
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