New 60 Minutes Boss Rakes in Millions as Top Staff Eye the Exits (opens in new tab)

CBS News is spending a lot more cash to fund Bari Weiss’s 60 Minutes takeover.Weiss’s new pick to run the venerated newsmagazine, Nick Bilton, is making far more than his predecessor. The British-born contrarian was installed as 60 Minutes’ new executive producer last week, and is reportedly salaried at $2.5 million—a million more than veteran broadcast journalist Tanya Simon, who ran the show from April 2025 to just last week, according to Page Six. Weiss announced Bilton’s hire the same day...