Morley Safer

Alt-news mogul aims to rock prime-time with 'Vice'

2013-04-03 05:00:00

Big and beefy with a scraggly beard, Shane Smith looks more like an aging roadie than a thrill-seeking foreign correspondent or a budding media mogul. But Smith is both those things. Vice Media Group, the company Smith co-founded and is chief...

Stanley Karnow dies at 87; author of epic Vietnam history

2013-01-27 19:43:00

Stanley Karnow, an award-winning author and journalist who combined insightful reporting with personal accounts and historical sweep in books on the Vietnam War and the Philippines and the critically acclaimed public television series that accompanied the...

Midori is sweet on Los Angeles

2013-01-11 12:09:00

Since she made her solo debut at age 11 in 1982, violinist Midori has grown up — and grown middle-aged — under the full glare of the media. Reporters dubbed her a child prodigy when she first stunned audiences as a last-minute substitute...

Mike Wallace dies at 93; '60 Minutes' pioneer

2012-04-09 00:00:00

As the self-described "black hat" of television's premier newsmagazine "60 Minutes," Mike Wallace crafted a persona of a probing reporter known for his often caustic questioning of sometimes reluctant guests on the program. Beginning in 1968, as one of...

'60 Minutes' surveys art market with Eli Broad, Jeffrey Deitch

2012-04-02 16:33:14

Andy Rooney dies at 92; curmudgeonly commentator on '60 Minutes'

2011-11-05 16:01:00

Andy Rooney, CBS News' longtime resident curmudgeon whose whimsical and acerbic essays on "60 Minutes" turned the rumpled writer into an unlikely — and reluctant — TV celebrity, died Friday night, only weeks after retiring from the show. He...

Betty Ford dies at 93; former first lady

2011-07-09 00:00:00

Former First Lady Betty Ford, who captivated the nation with her unabashed candor and forthright discussion of her personal battles with breast cancer, prescription drug addiction and alcoholism, has died. She was 93. Ford died Friday at the Eisenhower...

What '60 Minutes' Andy Rooney just won't do

2011-09-30 21:36:59

New book, '60 Minutes' question if Van Gogh really killed himself

2011-10-13 21:33:01

Why Bernie and Ruth Madoff are back in the news

2011-10-28 16:36:35

Appreciation: Andy Rooney, 1919-2011

2011-11-05 16:36:01

Andy Rooney gives his last word Sunday on '60 Minutes'

2011-09-27 16:36:06

Clockwise from top left are "60 Minutes" staffers Ed Bradley, Mike Wallace, Harry Reasoner, Diane Sawyer and Morley Safer. Wallace helped found "60 Minutes," the CBS show that would be his enduring showcase.

2012-04-08 09:59:11

Members of the "60 Minutes" staff gather at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Nov. 10, 1993, to celebrate the newsmagazine's 25th anniversary. From left are: Mike Wallace, Andy Rooney, Morley Safer, Steve Kroft, Ed Bradley, Leslie Stahl and the show's executive producer, Don Hewitt.

2012-04-08 09:59:14

From left, reporters Morley Safer, Steve Kroft, Mike Wallace, Lesley Stahl and Ed Bradley and commentator Andy Rooney mark the 1,500th episode of CBS newsmagazine "60 Minutes."

2012-04-08 09:59:17