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‘60 Minutes’ Chief Bill Owens Quits, Citing Interference From Paramount
Bill Owens, the executive producer of "60 MInutes," said he would quit the show rather than allow Paramount Global to ...
'60 Minutes' Does Segment Explaining Departure Of Executive Producer Bill Owens: "Paramount Began To Supervise Our Content In New Ways"
CBS News’ 60 Minutes ended this evening with a segment on the surprise departure of executive producer Bill Owens, a move ...
Why Is Bill Owens Leaving ’60 Minutes’? What to Know About His Departure
Bill Owens is stepping down as executive producer of '60 Minutes' after five years. Find out more about his decision to leave ...
‘60 Minutes’ Calls Out Paramount for Supervising Content ‘In New Ways,’ Explains Bill Owens Exit
"60 Minutes" spent the last few minutes of its CBS broadcast Sunday explaining the hasty exit of longtime executive producer ...
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Who is Bill Owens? 60 minutes anchor Scott Palley calls out paramount bosses on air over executive producer’s resignation
Bill Owens has been with CBS News for nearly four decades. After his internship in 1988, he became a senior producer for the ...
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Paramount boss 'tried to muzzle' 60 Minutes on Trump to protect merger
It comes after 60 Minutes top producer Bill Owens resigned last week, citing concerns about the show's independence ...
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Trump’s Mob-like Shakedown: A Scandal Starring “60 Minutes,” Paramount, and the FCC
Carr, a MAGA ideologue who wears a gold lapel pin in the shape of Trump’s profile, has to okay the Paramount-Skydance deal ...
'60 Minutes' executive producer Bill Owens resigns
"Over the past months, it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it," Owens wrote ...
Paramount Board Clears Possible Path for Settling Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit
Paramount’s interest in settling has dismayed CBS’s news division. The executive producer of “60 Minutes” abruptly resigned ...
60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley lambasts Paramount over Bill Owens' exit
A high-intensity drama unfolded on Sunday night when veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley lambasted CBS parent ...
Reeling From Bill Owens' Shock Exit, '60 Minutes' Staffers Warn Shari Redstone to Back Off
The departure of the top producer of “60 Minutes” on Tuesday marked a concerted effort by the staff of the venerable ...
'60 Minutes' Addresses EP Bill Owens' Departure in On-Air Segment: "Paramount Began to Supervise Our Content in New Ways"
"None of our stories has been blocked, but Bill felt he lost the independence that honest journalism requires," Scott Pelley said at the end of Sunday's broadcast.