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New ’60 Minutes’ Chief Nick Bilton Brought in TV Consultant to Help With Transition to CBS Newsroom
Nick Bilton hired television production consultant Kelly Funke to help his transition to lead the “60 Minutes” newsroom, and did so before the firings and turmoil that have roiled the CBS show, TheWrap has confirmed.
Funke, a TV consultant with more than a decade of experience, has been accompanying Bilton during his first days leading the CBS program and helping organize meetings with staff, producers and assistants, Reuters first reported on Wednesday. A staffer described her role as helping to fix trust issues between management and employees by learning how “60 Minutes” works operationally from top to bottom.
“Kelly Funke is excellent,” a CBS News spokesman told TheWrap. “She is supporting Nick in an operational capacity – not as a journalist or editorial consultant.”
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