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"Newsroom culture clash" at CBS News

Mark Roberts said:
This sounds a little confusing: CBS doesn’t renew its “60 Minutes” contract with correspondent Sharon Alfonsi but, at least for now, she’s still employed by the network.
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Here's what the article says:

Ms. Alfonsi remains employed at CBS, but with no contract in place, she said she had no expectation of returning to “60 Minutes.” “I’m not resigning,” she said. “If they want me gone because I did my job, they’ll have to fire me.”
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For comparison, Anderson Cooper had a contract with 60 Minutes, but he didn't work for CBS. So it sounds like Alfonsi's contract with 60 Minutes was only to that show. As she says, it's up to the company to clarify her situation. She just hadn't been told at the time of the interview. How it will be handled is likely detailed either in her specific contract or the union contract. That's all internal HR stuff. She should check her mail.
 
TheBigA said:
Here's what the article says:



For comparison, Anderson Cooper had a contract with 60 Minutes, but he didn't work for CBS. So it sounds like Alfonsi's contract with 60 Minutes was only to that show. As she says, it's up to the company to clarify her situation. She just hasn't been told at the time of the interview. How it will be handled is likely detailed either in her specific contract or the union contract. That's all internal HR stuff. She should check her mail.
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It means… her contract hasn’t been renewed, at least not yet. Usually, that means you keep working under the terms of the expired contract until a new contract is offered or either side decides the arrangement should end.
 
barrettmedia.com

Sharyn Alfonsi Exits 60 Minutes, Blasts CBS News Leadership

"In the coming days, network leadership may attempt to hide behind corporate euphemisms like 'modernization' and 'restructuring' to explain away my departure. Don't be misled. This was not a routine corporate transition."
barrettmedia.com barrettmedia.com

Here is more on Sharyn Alfonsi's removal from CBS News. Its not a surprising turn of events given that Paramount keeps hinting on buying WB but it came at a cost to journalism at CBS.

Sharyn Alfonsi has released a statement that her tenure at 60 Minutes is over after her contract wasn’t renewed. She didn’t hold back in her criticism of CBS News, either.

What We Know: Alfonsi shared that her contract with the network expired over the weekend and that she would not return. In her exit, Sharyn Alfonsi lambasted CBS News leadership for what she labeled as “abandoning” the mission of 60 Minutes. She also accused the network of “methodically” tearing down the wall between “corporate interest” and “editorial independence.”
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Y2kTheNewOldies said:
barrettmedia.com

Sharyn Alfonsi Exits 60 Minutes, Blasts CBS News Leadership

"In the coming days, network leadership may attempt to hide behind corporate euphemisms like 'modernization' and 'restructuring' to explain away my departure. Don't be misled. This was not a routine corporate transition."
barrettmedia.com barrettmedia.com

Here is more on Sharyn Alfonsi's removal from CBS News. Its not a surprising turn of events given that Paramount keeps hinting on buying WB but it came at a cost to journalism at CBS.
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Sort of like prior CBS Management did to Sharyl Atkisson and Catherine Herridge. I wonder if Sharyn decried how they were treated at the time?
 
TheRob said:
Cecilia Vega won't return to 60 Minutes. EP Tanya Simon and some other behind-the-camera staff are also out.
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Details here

variety.com

Shake Up at ‘60 Minutes’ as CBS News Ousts Executive Producer Tanya Simon, Correspondents Cecilia Vega, Sharyn Alfonsi; Taps Nick Bilton to Run Newsmagazine

Shake Up at '60 Minutes' as CBS News Ousts Executive Producer Tanya Simon, Correspondents Cecilia Vega, Sharyn Alfonsi
variety.com variety.com

nypost.com

‘60 Minutes’ executive producer Tanya Simon pushed out, successor named — as Sharyn Alfonsi, other staffers axed

“60 Minutes” executive producer Tanya Simon is exiting CBS News as editor-in-chief Bari Weiss installs former New York Times columnist and filmmaker Nick Bilton to run the iconic newsmagazine progr…
nypost.com nypost.com

So once again, people with no national TV experience are now in charge of the highest rated TV news show in the country.

Like Weiss, Bilton lacks a long tenure in TV production, and his ascent to the role — he is just the fifth leader of “60 Minutes” in a nearly 60-sesaon history –will no doubt draw new scrutiny to the program when its next cycle debuts in the fall.
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No need for experience. Just make it up. The blind leading the blind.
 
TheBigA said:
Details here

nypost.com

‘60 Minutes’ executive producer Tanya Simon pushed out, successor named — as Sharyn Alfonsi, other staffers axed

“60 Minutes” executive producer Tanya Simon is exiting CBS News as editor-in-chief Bari Weiss installs former New York Times columnist and filmmaker Nick Bilton to run the iconic newsmagazine progr…
nypost.com nypost.com

So once again, people with no national TV experience are now in charge of the highest rated TV news show in the country.

No need for experience. Just make it up.
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The goal is to tank it not run it.
 
TheBigA said:
So once again, people with no national TV experience are now in charge of the highest rated TV news show in the country.
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Well, all those folks with decades worth of experience created a news department that lost money. CBS is not PBS. It is a profit-seeking company, not a charity.
TheBigA said:
No need for experience. Just make it up. The blind leading the blind.
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Well, those with years and years of "vision" were last in the news department. At least they are trying something a bit different.
 
Don CT said:
The goal is to tank it not run it.
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It was already the #3 network in news. I'd suggest that it was already tanked.
 
davideduardo said:
Well, all those folks with decades worth of experience created a news department that lost money. CBS is not PBS. It is a profit-seeking company, not a charity.

Well, those with years and years of "vision" were last in the news department. At least they are trying something a bit different.
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Isn't that what the Latino Media Network did? No radio experience. How'd that end up?

We're talking about the #1 highest rated news program on TV. Not the #3 evening news cast.
 
Don CT said:
60 minutes was the highest rated news program.
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But the news department did not make money. If you started a business, and it was, by some metric, the most highly rated in its field... but you never made money... would that be "successful"?
 


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