CBS Information has named a brand new “60 Minutes” govt producer to switch Invoice Owens, the longtime EP who resigned from the job simply weeks earlier than the community’s mother or father firm settled a lawsuit introduced in opposition to this system by President Trump.
Tanya Simon, who served as a prime deputy to Owens, has been with “60 Minutes” for 25 years, most not too long ago serving as interim govt producer. She is simply the fourth EP within the broadcast’s 57-year historical past and the primary girl within the position.
“Tanya Simon understands what makes 60 MINUTES tick. She is an innovative leader, an exceptional producer and someone who knows how to inspire people,” Tom Cibrowski, president and govt editor of CBS Information, mentioned in an announcement asserting the transfer.
The information comes at a time of main stress for CBS and its mother or father firm, Paramount International.
The choice to settle Trump’s lawsuit, which stemmed from an allegation that “60 Minutes” intentionally edited an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris final fall to forged her in a constructive mild, has angered many contained in the community, throughout the media and in political worlds.
Final week, CBS introduced it was canceling “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert, a Trump critic and comic who had known as out Paramount for the settlement with Trump, calling it a “big fat bribe.”
Paramount is near closing a deal to be acquired by fellow leisure large Skydance, a multi-billion greenback transaction that can want approval from Trump’s Federal Communications Fee.
Trump has celebrated the settlement and Colbert’s cancelation and alleged “New Paramount” the corporate that can exist after the merger, has agreed to offer him hundreds of thousands in promoting and PSAs, a declare Paramount has denied.
David Ellison, Skydance’s prime govt who is ready to preside over the brand new firm, in a latest regulatory submitting indicated he was dedicated to “unbiased journalism” and the new company would embrace a “variety of viewpoints,” after the merger.
