60 Minutes Stars Vow to Stay Amid Turmoil After Pelley Firing
Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and Jon Wertheim have announced their decision to remain at CBS's '60 Minutes' following the firing of Scott Pelley. The veteran correspondents expressed their commitment to the show, stating they want to 'stay and fight' and prevent its decline.
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’60 Minutes’ Stars Will Stay After Pelley’s Firing Because They Don’t Want Show to ‘Die’
Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim said on Friday in an email to their colleagues that they had reached the decision after a period of frustration.
By Benjamin Mullin and Michael M. Grynbaum
Read full article →Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim say they’ll ‘stay and fight’ at 60 Minutes
Stahl and Whitaker had been wild cards after new CBS News management fired multiple people in recent weeks Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim announced on Friday their decision to remain at CBS’s 60 Minutes after the tumultuous firings of several of the show’s senior correspondents and top producers. The three correspondents issued a joint statement, saying: “We have had a hard time deciding whether to stay … We don’t want to see 6...
By Maya Yang and Jeremy Barr
Read full article →Civil war at '60 Minutes' as top stars choose to stay but issue explosive ultimatum
Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim narrowly decide to stay at "60 Minutes," warning "newsrooms are not supposed to be run like dictatorships."
Read full article →Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, Jon Wertheim to Stay at ’60 Minutes’
They’re staying. Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim said in a memo Friday that they would remain at “60 Minutes,” potentially calming the chaotic situation that has festered at the CBS News program since the ouster of top producers and three of the program’s correspondents, including executive producer Tanya Simon, executive editor Draggan Mihailovich, […]
By Brian Steinberg
Read full article →“We Don’t Want to See ’60 Minutes’ Die”: Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim Will Stay at CBS Newsmagazine Amid Turmoil
The future of the correspondents' role had been in doubt after the ouster of EP Tanya Simon and the hiring of outsider Nick Bilton.
By Alex Weprin
Read full article →Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker And Jon Wertheim Say They Will Remain At ’60 Minutes’: “We Want To Stay And Fight”
The three remaining fill-time correspondents on 60 Minutes — Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim — said on Friday that they will remain with the show. “We don’t want to see 60 Minutes die,” they wrote in a joint memo on Friday. Their decision follows a memo on Thursday from new 60 Minutes executive […]
By Ted Johnson
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