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The road is littered with the bodies of news chiefs who had the backing of their bosses—until they didn’t.

Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and Jon Wertheim may have averted a full-scale “60 Minutes” mutiny—for now—but their decision to stay came with a clear warning to CBS News management.

The fallout from Bari Weiss’ dismantling of “60 Minutes” is now reverberating across Paramount, with company leaders privately questioning the damage being done to the CBS brand, Status has learned.

As Scott Pelley refuses to leave CBS News quietly and his feud with Bari Weiss escalates, remaining “60 Minutes” correspondents met to weigh their futures with the storied newsmagazine, Status has learned.

The “60 Minutes” correspondent was fired by email Tuesday night after a dramatic showdown with CBS News leadership, throwing the show into an unprecedented and existential crisis.

Just hours after Scott Pelley torched CBS News leadership, former “60 Minutes” executive producer Bill Owens joined the revolt, blasting Bari Weiss and rallying behind his former colleague.

In a stunning confrontation, Scott Pelley accused Bari Weiss of “murdering” the newsmagazine and relentlessly grilled her newly installed executive producer, Nick Bilton, over the show’s recent firings, according to audio obtained by Status.

Peter Hamby’s long-running Snapchat show “Good Luck America” is on indefinite hiatus, Status has learned, as the platform’s original news series ambitions fade.

Just days before gutting television’s most successful news program, CBS News was celebrating record digital growth. So if expanding the brand’s online footprint is the goal, why fire the team successfully doing just that?

The entertainment industry’s job crisis has bled into California’s gubernatorial and L.A.’s mayoral race. As the high-stakes primary nears, a palpable angst is confounding prognosticators and testing alliances.

A day after celebrating a banner season, “60 Minutes” descended into chaos as Bari Weiss fired top talent, installed a TV novice to run the program, and left staffers fearing the storied newsmagazine is being destroyed before their eyes.

Hours after the correspondent accused the Bari Weiss-led CBS News of punishing her for refusing to “sanitize factually accurate reporting,” the growing crisis at “60 Minutes” spilled into the Emmy Awards ceremony.