CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss poached one of her former New York Times colleagues as part of the network's major shakeup of "60 Minutes" ahead of its 59th season.Newly minted "60 Minutes" executive producer Nick Bilton announced to staff Tuesday that conservative New York Times columnist Ross Douthat will be joining the program as a correspondent."He makes controversial topics approachable and renders characters and points of view with richness and compassion.Ross will bring this big and ranging curiosity to our air," Bilton told staffers in the memo obtained by Fox News Digital.FIRED '60 MINUTES' CORRESPONDENT ACCUSES CBS NEWS LEADERSHIP OF MEDDLING IN REPORTINGCBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss poached her former New York Times colleague Ross Douthat as a new "60 Minutes" correspondent.
(Noam Galai/Getty Images for The Free Press)New York Times Opinion editor Kathleen Kingsbury addressed Douthat's departure from the paper after 17 years in a note to staff and thanked him "for arguing in good faith, for a year of doing it in a format that gave you nowhere to hide and for reminding all of us, on every side of every question, what a column is for.We are enormously grateful, and we will miss you." A spokesperson for the Times declined to comment further.CBS News veteran Norah O'Donnell will also join "60 Minutes" as a correspondent, according to the Bilton memo."Norah has contributed exceptional pieces to the show for more than a dozen years, including interviews with Pope Francis, President Trump, President Biden and Mohammed bin Salman," Bilton said of the former "CBS Evening News" anchor.CIVIL WAR AT '60 MINUTES' AS TOP STARS CHOOSE TO STAY BUT ISSUE EXPLOSIVE ULTIMATUMNewly-minted "60 Minutes" executive producer Nick Bilton, announced a slew of new additions to his program, including CBS News veteran Norah O'Donnell.
(Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)Additionally, Bilton announced a slew of "60 Minutes" contributors, including journalist and documentary fil...