CBS Hiring “5 Or 6 People” To Produce 60 Minutes Microsite On Yahoo

Lost Remote answers some of the questions we had about yesterday’s 60 Minutes/Yahoo! deal:

“Yahoo will sell the advertising, and CBS will hire 5 or 6 people to handle the content. The two companies will share in the ad revenue.”

> Also: Here is Forbes’ spin on the deal: “60 Minutes is fast approaching the ‘Big Four-Oh.’ But you’re only as old as you feel, the chestnut goes. And so the venerable muckraking program — famed for giving allegedly crooked execs the night sweats — is being fitted for a new audience via a fresh medium.”

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