CBS News has terminated the contract of "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley, two sources at the network said on Tuesday, adding to 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, Inc. ("CBS") to inform you that your employment with CBS ⁠is terminated for cause effective immediately."

Pelley did not immediately respond when reached for comment.

His termination from the network came amid media reports that he accused CBS News' editor-in-chief Bari Weiss of "murdering" "60 Minutes."

In a note to the show's staff, which Reuters saw, Bilton said the network had parted ways with Pelley and acknowledged "the great deal of change in a very short time" at "60 Minutes."

Pelley joins more than half a dozen people who have departed the Sunday news magazine in recent weeks, which is the longest-running prime-time show in the U.S. CBS fired Tanya Simon, the previous executive producer, as well as correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega.

Skydance Media, run by David Ellison - the son of Larry Ellison, a co-founder of Oracle and a longtime supporter of U.S. President Donald ⁠Trump - acquired Paramount in August and installed Weiss in October as editor-in-chief. David Ellison helped secure regulatory approval for the deal, which created Paramount Skydance, with the promise that the CBS network would reflect the "varied ideological perspectives" of American viewers.

Prior to the deal, Paramount paid $16 million to settle a 2024 lawsuit that Trump filed over a "60 Minutes" ⁠interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris, which he said gave a distorted view of his rival for the White House.

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