Scott Pelley Michele Crowe/CBS News via Getty Images Scott Pelley is ready for life after 60 Minutes.
The broadcast journalist, whose firing in early June from the newsmagazine made national headlines, has signed with CAA for representation, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
The major talent agency will rep Pelley in all areas as the author and correspondent looks for life after CBS News, where he has worked for 37 years.
Pelley had a very fiery clash with 60 Minutes’ new executive producer, Nick Bilton, in an internal network town hall on June 1 that went public. He criticized Bari Weiss, CBS News’ new editor-in-chief, saying Weiss was “murdering 60 Minutes. She does not love this place; she was brought in to kill it and is doing exactly that.” He then took aim Bilton’s credentials.
Pelley was one of 60 Minutes’ top 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 also made a name for himself as reporting from numerous battlefields around the world, from Afghanistan to Ukraine.
More to come.
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