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2 weeks ago | 
pressdemocrat.com | Michael M. Grynbaum |Benjamin Mullin |Lauren Hirsch
The president of CBS News, Wendy McMahon, was forced out of her post Monday, the latest shock wave to hit the news division amid an ongoing showdown involving President Donald Trump, “60 Minutes,” and CBS’ parent company, Paramount.
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2 weeks ago | 
afr.com | Michael M. Grynbaum |Benjamin Mullin |Lauren Hirsch
Michael M. Grynbaum, Benjamin Mullin and Lauren HirschMay 20, 2025 – 9.44am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?
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2 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Jessica Testa |Benjamin Mullin
The tech journalist and co-host of "Pivot" with Scott Galloway has a novel multimillion-dollar podcast contract with Vox Media, is in talks about a CNN series and has a slew of other ventures. "Pivot" co-host Kara Swisher. Credit... Dina Litovsky for The New York Times Kara Swisher's interviews made her famous among technology obsessives decades ago. She persuaded the rivals Bill Gates of Microsoft and Steve Jobs of Apple to play nice onstage.
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3 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Lauren Hirsch |Benjamin Mullin
The combination, which must pass muster with antitrust authorities, would create one of the biggest TV and internet providers in the United States. The cable giants Charter Communications and Cox Communications said on Friday they had agreed to merge, a colossal deal that would create one of the biggest TV and internet providers in the United States. The deal, which values Cox at roughly $34.5 billion, presents a test for President Trump's antitrust enforcers.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Benjamin Mullin |Lauren Hirsch |Michael M. Grynbaum
Paramount's interest in settling has dismayed CBS's news division. The executive producer of "60 Minutes" abruptly resigned last week. Lawyers for President Trump and Paramount, the parent of CBS News, are set to begin mediation on Wednesday over a lawsuit brought by Mr. Trump that accuses "60 Minutes" of deceptively editing an interview with his 2024 Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris. Legal experts have called the suit baseless and an easy victory for CBS.
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1 month ago | 
editorandpublisher.com | Michael M. Grynbaum |Benjamin Mullin
Posted Monday, April 28, 2025 11:21 am In an extraordinary on-air rebuke, one of the top journalists at “60 Minutes” directly criticized the program’s parent company in the final moments of its Sunday night CBS telecast, its first episode since the program’s executive producer, Bill Owens, announced his intention to resign. “Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways,” the correspondent, Scott Pelley, told viewers. “None of our stories has been blocked, but Bill felt he lost the...
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Michael M. Grynbaum |Benjamin Mullin
The show's top producer abruptly said last week he was quitting. "Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways," the correspondent Scott Pelley told viewers. In an extraordinary on-air rebuke, one of the top journalists at "60 Minutes" directly criticized the program's parent company in the final moments of its Sunday night CBS telecast, its first episode since the program's executive producer, Bill Owens, announced his intention to resign.
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1 month ago | 
editorandpublisher.com | Michael M. Grynbaum |Benjamin Mullin
Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2025 11:39 am CBS News entered a new period of turmoil on Tuesday after the executive producer of “60 Minutes,” Bill Owens, said he would resign from the long-running Sunday news program, citing encroachments on his journalistic independence. In an extraordinary declaration, Mr. Owens — only the third person to run the program in its 57-year history — told his staff in a memo that “over the past months, it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the...
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Katie Robertson |Benjamin Mullin
Sewell Chan, the executive editor of the Columbia Journalism Review, was fired from the publication on Thursday after less than a year in the role, following staff complaints about his behavior, he confirmed Friday. Jelani Cobb, the dean of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, told staff members in an email on Friday that Mr. Chan was "no longer with" CJR, a publication covering the media industry which the school has published since 1961.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Benjamin Mullin |Tony Romm |Jonathan Swan
