Tanya Simon named
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Tanya Simon is the daughter of Bob Simon, a former 60 Minutes correspondent. She will be the first female executive producer in the program’s 57 years.
Minutes has named its next executive producer, three months after its former boss abruptly quit in protest. Tanya Simon—daughter of the show’s legendary correspondent Bob Simon—will become the first woman to run the TV news magazine and just the fourth person to hold the role since the CBS show debuted in 1968.