Anderson Cooper Leaving 60 Minutes — Turned Down Offer to Renew His Deal With CBS News
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Anderson Cooper is leaving 60 Minutes After turning down CBS News’ offer to renew his contract, reported Breaker Lachlan Cartwright On Monday.
Cooper, who is also its mainstay AC360 He hosts weeknights on CNN and is a correspondent for the cable news network. 60 Minutes for almost twenty years. The reports he prepared for him 60 Minutes has been nominated for multiple Emmy awards and won four.
He was reportedly editor-in-chief of CBS News At least Weiss short list of the next anchor to steer CBS Evening NewsBut now, according to Cartwright, Cooper has not only rebuffed Weiss’ efforts to get him on the evening anchor desk, but is also walking away from his role. 60 Minutes.
Citing sources “familiar with the matter,” Cartwright reported that Cooper was offered a contract renewal but “decided to pass” and leave instead.
Cooper’s departure 60 Minutes comes next turbulent year on a respected television show, a few times later long term employees on the left, network administrators a controversial agreement with the president Donald Trump to clear the way for CBS parent Paramount to merge with Skydance Media, pending management approval and Weiss’ decision to delay airing an episode on TV Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismoabbreviated CECOT, is a notorious maximum security prison in El Salvador to which the Trump administration sent some undocumented immigrants in violation of court orders.
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