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The Latest Breaking News from Bill Owens

CBS reporter publicly shreds Bari Weiss takeover as spreading ‘corporate meddling and editorial fear’

60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi clashed with Weiss last year over her report on migrants deported to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison

The Independent UK

60 Minutes journalist decries ‘spread of corporate meddling and editorial fear’ at CBS News

Sharyn Alfonsi, whose report on Cecot prison was pulled by Bari Weiss, admits uncertainty over her future at network

The Guardian - US

Ex-60 Minutes producer Bill Owens says bosses discouraged him from covering Gaza and Trump

Show’s leader, who resigned in April, says he was also pressured to apologize for edit of Kamala Harris interview

The Guardian - US

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CBS News names '60 Minutes' veteran Tanya Simon as broadcast's new top producer

CBS News has named “60 Minutes” veteran Tanya Simon as the broadcast's fourth executive producer

The Independent UK

Paramount pays Trump $16 million to settle ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit

The payout comes after Trump sued CBS News for the editing of an interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris in October.

Euronews

60 minutes host issues dire warning over multimillion-dollar CBS settlement with Trump

Veteran journalist says ‘the country is doomed’ without ‘courage’ from journalists to speak truth to power

The Independent UK

‘60 Minutes’ legend Lesley Stahl says she’s ‘angry’ at CBS boss Shari Redstone over Trump lawsuit

‘I’m pessimistic about the future for all press today,’ Lesley Stahl said in a wide-ranging interview this weekend

The Independent UK

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Freedom of the Press Foundation says it will sue Paramount if it settles with Trump over 60 Minutes lawsuit

FPF said corporations that own news outlets ‘should not be in the busines”s of settling “baseless lawsuits that clearly violate the First Amendment and put other media outlets at risk’

The Independent UK

The View has been told to tone done its anti-Trump rhetoric, report claims

One source familiar with the matter stressed to The Independent that the network ‘constantly has conversations with talent based on viewer feedback, and this instance was no different’

The Independent UK

Democrats warn Redstone Paramount talks with Trump over CBS Kamala Harris interview may be bribery

‘If Paramount officials make these concessions in a quid pro quo arrangement to influence President Trump or other Administration officials, they may be breaking the law,’ the senators wrote to Shair Redstone

The Independent UK

‘Company and I do not agree on the path forward’: CBS CEO resigns following Trump lawsuit

Wendy McMahon, president and CEO of popular American television and radio network CBS News, resigned on Monday amid escalating tensions between the network and US President Donald Trump, CNN reported.

Newslaundry

Chief executive of CBS News stepping down amid tense Trump legal battle

Wendy McMahon cites disagreements with parent company as it faces $20bn Trump lawsuit and merger

The Guardian - US

Trump complains the US media aren’t bending to his will. Aren’t they?

Despite owners and networks forsaking journalistic independence, Trump continues to threaten journalists

The Guardian - US

What Is the '60 Minutes' Controversy and Why Is Stephen Colbert Calling Out CBS Over Trump Coverage?

Colbert's remarks came as 60 Minutes continued to air stories critical of Trump's actions—something the president has repeatedly condemned.

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The Independent UK

Democrats plead with Shari Redstone not to cave to Trump’s ‘bogus’ 60 Minutes lawsuit

‘Stand up for freedom of the press and our democracy. Do not capitulate to this dangerous move to authoritarianism,’ the senators wrote Shari Redstone and the Paramount board

The Independent UK

Shari Redstone wants ‘60 Minutes’ to back off Trump amid lawsuit. They are doing the opposite.

The program is scheduled to run a segment on Donald Trump’s intimidation and targeting of major law firms despite the network’s owner asking if ‘60 Minutes’ could delay sensitive stories about the president amid settlement talks of his meritless lawsuit

Salon

When facts become seditious

Donald Trump is killing free speech, and the press is paralyzed

The Guardian - US

The loss of editorial freedom at 60 Minutes is a sorry milestone for US media

What has happened with 60 Minutes is a high-octane version of what’s happening everywhere in Trump 2.0

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The Independent UK

Scott Pelley hits out at his own network as ‘60 Minutes’ producer quits because of corporate oversight

“It was hard on him and hard on us,” the CBS Nws correspondent said of Bill Owens’ resignation. “But he did it for us and you.”

The Guardian - US

Host of CBS’s 60 Minutes rebukes corporate owners Paramount on-air

Scott Pelley castigated network over independence pending sale to Skydance Media requiring Trump’s approval

The Independent UK

On air, '60 Minutes' reporter says 'none of us is happy' about changes that led top producer to quit

Scott Pelley of “60 Minutes” explained the departure of the show's executive producer to viewers and said “none of us is happy” about the conditions that led to Bill Owens' departure

The Guardian - US

Trump v 60 Minutes is a stunning battle for the soul of US media

The US president’s tensions with the CBS show barely scratch the surface of his crusade against the media

The Independent UK

The Latest: Vance calls for greater ties with India as he meets with Modi to discuss trade deal

While in India on Tuesday, U.S. Vice President JD Vance called for enhanced engagement with the South Asian country

The Independent UK

Top producer at 60 Minutes quits over lack of ‘journalistic independence’ amid Trump feud with long-running program

Shocked staffers ‘liked that Bill didn’t bend the knee to Trump, [his lawsuit] settlement and corporate overlords who wanted him to apologize,’ a source told The Independent

The Independent UK

The top producer at '60 Minutes' has quit. He says he can no longer run the show as he always has

The top producer at CBS News' “60 Minutes" has quit during a dispute between his show and the Trump administration

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