60 Minutes correspondent fired after clashing with bosses over US show

CBS News has terminated the contract of 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley. The decision was communicated to Pelley in an email from the show's executive producer, Nick Bilton, on Tuesday.

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60 Minutes correspondent fired after clashing with bosses over US show

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CBS News has terminated the contract of 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley. The decision was communicated to Pelley in an email from the show's executive producer, Nick Bilton, on Tuesday. Bilton stated that Pelley's "antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear." The email informed Pelley that his employment with CBS is terminated for cause, effective immediately. This departure follows more than half a dozen other departures from the network in recent weeks.

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Bilton stated Pelley's 'antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear.'

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Executive producer Nick Bilton wrote in an email to Pelley that his employment was terminated for cause.

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CBS News has terminated the contract of 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley.

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The termination is part of more than half a dozen departures at the network in recent weeks.

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CBS-news" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="334" data-entity-type="organization">CBS News has terminated the ⁠contract of 60 Minutes correspondent ⁠Scott Pelley, two sources at ⁠the network said on Tuesday, joining more than half a dozen departures in recent weeks.“Your antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear. And I have heard you,” the show’s ‌executive producer, Nick Bilton, wrote in a Tuesday email to Pelley that was seen by Reuters.“I therefore write on behalf of CBS-news" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="334" data-entity-type="organization">CBS News, Inc. (“CBS”) to inform you that your employment with CBS is terminated for cause effective immediately.”

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