General Discussion

(Bilton-Pelley exchange) "The rumors people are spreading, that I’m going to turn the show into 60 one-minute episodes, that it’s going to be like TikTok, that is not changing. The show is going to stay exactly like it is for now,” Bilton said, per the Times. He also defended Weiss, telling the staff that she “loves 60 Minutes.”

Pelley responded, "She is murdering 60 Minutes. She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it, and she’s been doing exactly that."

“She has no qualifications for her job; you have slender qualifications for this job. The changes that she’s made at the Evening News have been catastrophic, so why should we expect that any of this is going to be any better?”

Bilton replaced Tanya Simon, a 60 Minutes veteran who was named executive producer last year. Also let go were Draggan Mihailovich, executive editor of the show, and two correspondents, Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega.

Pelley also confronted Bilton over the firings of Alfonsi and Vega, and at one point asked him why he took the job “knowing that you will never be welcome here,” per the Times.

“I have no problem taking a job in a place that I am not welcome in. I don’t think that will be the case,” Bilton said, per the audio.

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That must have been a pretty tense meeting. I don't think Pelley will be around much longer.