NEW YORK – No one can accuse Axios co-founder and CEO Jim VandeHei of small dreams for his bi-weekly news series on HBO, which is ramping up production to air nearly every two weeks for the rest of the year and moving to Monday nights.
He wants to be a “60 Minutes” for the modern age. “If you're going to design a ‘60 Minutes’ for the new generation, it might look something like what we're putting together,” he said. “Our ambition with it is we want to have influence on a consistent basis like a ‘60 Minutes.’" Axios' concentration on the intersection between politics, the media, business and technology is reflected in interviews that are the centerpiece of the HBO show.