“No one here is happy.” That was the message from “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley at the end of Sunday’s program, in which he paid tribute to departing executive producer Bill Owens, who resigned last week citing increasing corporate interference in the venerable show. “Bill resigned Tuesday,” Pelley said. “It was hard on him and … Read more
Bill Owens, the beleaguered executive producer of “60 Minutes,” resigned Tuesday. Owens had been fighting efforts at CBS parent Paramount Global to settle a $20 billion lawsuit filed by President Trump regarding the network’s October interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump claims the program was deceptively edited to favor Harris. Owens departure could be … Read more
Google’s YouTube and Paramount Global have struck a new distribution contract, averting a threatened blackout of CBS and other television channels for nearly 8 million YouTube TV customers. The deal was clinched Saturday night, about 48 hours after the previous pact had expired. The two sides then extended a deadline to allow negotiations to continue, … Read more
Paramount Global television networks, including CBS, could go dark on Google’s YouTube TV on Thursday night in the latest contract showdown between a major programmer and a distributor. Paramount began warning CBS, BET and Comedy Central viewers that a blackout was likely as negotiations went down to the wire with executives who run YouTube TV. … Read more
Paramount Global and Google’s YouTube TV agreed to a short-term contract extension late Thursday, keeping CBS and other networks available as the two media companies worked to negotiate a new distribution agreement. The eleventh-hour reprieve spared about 8 million YouTube TV customers from losing access to nearly two dozen networks, including BET, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon … Read more
