Josh Howard, who became executive producer of 60 Minutes II just in time for Rather-gate, has settled with CBS and is now out the door.

An excerpt from the NYT story:

In a statement, the network said Mr. Howard had served the news division "with distinction" in a variety of roles, including as a deputy to Don Hewitt, who stepped down last year as executive producer of "60 Minutes." In his own statement, Mr. Howard said, "While I am proud of all I have accomplished at CBS News over my entire 23-year career, it has become clear to me that the time has come for me to move on."

Mr. Howard, one of three top journalists at the network whom Mr. Moonves had asked to resign,was the last to do so. A fourth, Mary Mapes, who produced the guard segment, was fired by Mr. Moonves on Jan. 10, the day he received the report of an independent panel.

St. Martin's Press announced this week that it had acquired the rights to a memoir by Ms. Mapes, who also produced the CBS News report last year that broke the news of abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The book, to be published in the fall, "will chronicle what really happened at CBS," St. Martin's said.