NEW YORK—CBS News on Wednesday fired “60 Minutes” top executive Jeff Fager, who has been under investigation following reports that he groped women at parties and tolerated an abusive workplace. Jeff Fager, former executive producer of “60 Minutes”, was named in two recent New Yorker articles outlining allegations of sexual harassment against recently departed CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves. His firing came only three days after the CBS Corp. board ousted the company’s chief executive, Leslie Moonves, who was charged with sexual misconduct in the same New Yorker articles. Article Continued BelowFager and Rhodes had worked for several years as a team, when Fager was appointed CBS News chairman by Moonves. Rhodes was then brought in as news president, taking over full management of the news division when Fager went back to solely running “60 Minutes.” Fager’s second in command at “60 Minutes,” Bill Owens, will run the show while a search is conducted for a permanent replacement, Rhodes said.

Source: thestar September 12, 2018 18:33 UTC