Tag: 60 Minutes
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Another Major Exit Hits 60 Minutes as CBS Continues to Reshape Its News Division
CBS News has officially fired longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley, marking the latest high-profile departure from one of television’s most influential news programs. The move comes as CBS, CBS News, and Paramount continue to undergo sweeping changes following the company’s merger with Skydance Media. Over the last year, viewers have watched a series of…
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Top Producer of CBS’ “60 Minutes” Resigns, Citing Loss of Journalistic Independence
Bill Owens, the executive producer of CBS’ venerable newsmagazine “60 Minutes,” announced his resignation on Tuesday, stating that he could no longer maintain the journalistic independence required to lead the program. In a memo to staff obtained by NBC News, Owens expressed frustration over constraints that prevented him from making “independent decisions based on what…
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Paramount Files Motions to Dismiss Trump’s $20 Billion Lawsuit Over “60 Minutes” Interview
Paramount Global today filed two motions in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas to dismiss a $20 billion lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump, according to a report from The Hollywood Reporter. The legal battle stems from Trump’s October 2024 claim that CBS News and its flagship program 60 Minutes “deceptively…
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Federal Judge Denies CBS Motion to Dismiss Trump’s Lawsuit Over “60 Minutes” Broadcast
In a procedural move on Monday, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk denied CBS’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by former President Donald Trump regarding a “60 Minutes” broadcast from last fall according to a report from Variety. The suit, which centers on CBS’s alleged deceptive editing of an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris,…
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A Short Version of ’60 Minutes’ is Coming to Quibi
Quibi is getting a condensed version of the popular CBS news program ’60 Minutes.’ But instead of an hour, the show will be just 6 minutes long to fit in with Quibi’s “quick bites” approach of content 10 minutes or shorter. ‘60 in 6‘ was originally set to debut on Quibi in April but has…