Fired 60 Minutes star Scott Pelley signs with CAA

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Scott Pelley is ready for life next 60 minutes.

The broadcast journalist, whose firing from the news magazine made national headlines in early June, has signed with CAA to represent, Hollywood Reporter And he confirmed.

The major talent agency will represent Billy in all areas as the author and correspondent looks for life after CBS News, where he worked for 37 years. It is worth noting that Billy’s friend and ex 60 minutes Colleague Lesley Stahl is also a CAA client.

Billy had a very fiery clash with 60 minutesNew executive producer, Nick Bilton, at Intranet’s June 1 town hall that went public. In that meeting, he took aim at Barry Weiss, the new editor-in-chief of CBS News who had been hired in October of last year by Paramount mogul David Ellison. Bailey described Weiss’ early moves in the network as akin to “murder.” 60 minutes. She doesn’t like this place; She was brought in to kill her and she does just that.

He then took aim at Belton’s credentials, calling him… Vanity gallery and New York Times Working with “minimal qualifications”. The new executive producer responded to staff the next day to say that Bailey “hijacked my first meeting with staff to belittle me, my qualifications, and my intentions with marked rudeness and contempt. I welcome diversity of viewpoints and respectful debate among the team, but this was nothing of the sort.”

Billy was one of 60 minutesTop reporters, reporting from the field and interviewing some of the biggest and hard-to-get newsmakers, from then-FBI Director James Comey to President Joe Biden to Pope Francis. He has also made a name for himself reporting from numerous battlefields around the world, from Afghanistan to Ukraine.

In a farewell message, Billy told staff: “60 It has been the number one show in America for decades because our beloved audiences find integrity, quality and humanity in our stories. Now, our network’s new owner is tossing that myth aside, apparently for a moment of affection with the Trump administration.

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