Saying it was time for a new approach and a new chapter, CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss has replaced the executive producer of “60 Minutes."

It is a tumultuous time for 60 Minutes, as CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss has initiated a major shakeup of the venerated news program.

Nick Bilton was named the executive producer of "60 Minutes" by Bari Weiss on May 28 as several others departed the longtime show. Breaking down all the staffing changes.

UPDATED: CBS News is replacing the executive producer of 60 Minutes, with Tanya Simon exiting and Nick Bilton named to lead its top-rated newsmagazine. “Nick is one of the most entrepreneurial journalists of our time and the perfect leader for one of the most entrepreneurial news brands of all time,

Bari Weiss, CBS’s editor in chief, named Nick Bilton, a tech journalist and filmmaker, as the show’s executive producer. The network also fired two on-air correspondents.

Heads are rolling at 60 Minutes on Thursday as CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss fired the show's executive producer, Tanya Simon, after less than a year in the role. The post BREAKING: Major Shakeup Brewing at 60 Minutes as Bari Weiss Fires EP Tanya Simon first appeared on Mediaite.

CBS News head Bari Weiss announced on Thursday that she is hiring tech writer & documentarian Nick Bilton as the new executive producer of the long-running CBS newsmagazine 60 Min

Its incoming exec producer reveals early plans (including beat correspondents) as the overhaul hits insiders like "like a ton of bricks" after being telegraphed by CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss.

Hold the stopwatch! The new boss at “60 Minutes” believes the venerable newsmagazine ought to be more prevalent in popular culture and the news cycle, rather than merely holding forth in its usual place on Sunday evenings on CBS.