NBC News spoke to 11 of Bilton’s former colleagues to find out, and their takes ranged from “Absolutely!” to “Lord, no!”

The future of the correspondents' role had been in doubt after the ouster of EP Tanya Simon and the hiring of outsider Nick Bilton.

Nick Bilton is a former New York Times columnist and has made several documentaries for Netflix, where he worked with CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.

It turns out Nick Bilton wasn’t the only candidate that Bari Weiss considered for the top job at “60 Minutes.” Multiple sources with knowledge of CBS

The Vanity Fair writer will now oversee the venerable weekly newsmagazine.

Saying “We don’t want to see ‘60 Minutes’ die,” the three remaining correspondents at the turmoil-plagued CBS News show have decided to stay – for now. A memo from Lesley Stahl, Jon Wertheim and Bill Whitaker to fellow staffers at the CBS News show expressed anger over the recent firings at the show,