By Steve Huff 4/08/12 12:06pm

R.I.P.

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Legendary Journalist Mike Wallace Passes Away

Mike Wallace, long considered one of the most fearsome interviewers in broadcast news, has died. He was 93.  A spokesman for CBS told the Associated Press that Mr. Wallace died Saturday night.

Mr. Wallace went into a kind of semi-retirement from regular appearances on 60 Minutes in 2006 but kept a promise made upon announcing his slowdown to do occasional new reports, profiling Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in 2007 as well as “suicide doctor” Jack Kevorkian.

Over the course of his 6 decades as a newsman Mike Wallace frequently went toe-to-toe with the famous and powerful in interviews legendary for their confrontational and emotional nature. As the A.P. reports in his obituary, Mr. Wallace once managed to break through Barbra Streisand’s intensely controlled public persona: Read More

By Felix Gillette 3/25/10 10:38pm

Moves

Kimberly Dozier Leaving CBS News for the Associated Press

Kimberly Dozier, the veteran correspondent and seasoned war reporter, is leaving CBS News for a job with the Associated Press.

Ms. Dozier will serve as the AP’s new intelligence reporter.

Ron Fournier, the AP’s Washington Bureau Chief, announced the move in a memo to staff members:

Colleagues,

I’m pleased to announce the AP’s new intelligence Read More

By Staff 12/09/09 4:16pm

David Friedman To Be Next EP of CBS’ ‘The Early Show’

The Observer has learned that David Friedman will be replacing Zev Shalev as executive producer of CBS’ The Early Show.

Mr. Friedman most recently worked as the executive producer on NBC’s Last Call With Carson Daily. He has also had stints producing on Rosie O’Donnell’s show and on NBC’s Today.

He is the son Read More

By Felix Gillette 10/13/09 11:08pm

It’s On: CBS News Investigates Letterman Scandal

Over the past year, Armen Keteyian, the chief investigative correspondent for CBS News, has reported on cyber-thieves in New Jersey, murder-for-hire plots in Wisconsin and teenage bomb-makers in Atlanta. But these days, Mr. Keteyian is hard at work on a story much closer to home—namely, alleged blackmail plots within his own newsroom.

On Oct.3, Read More

By Felix Gillette 10/13/09 11:04pm

60 Minutes Football Piece Is Quite Rather-esque

Last week, on Friday, Oct. 9, Wayne Nelson, the executive producer for Dan Rather Reports, was sitting in his office at HDNet’s headquarters in New York when an incredulous staff member ran in. Have you seen the promos for this weekend’s 60 Minutes, producer Meredith Ramsey asked? The clips touted an upcoming piece by Bob Read More