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After 37 years, Bill Owens is ending his illustrious career at CBS News, 25 of those years at America’s most important news program, 60 Minutes. His note to the team is below.
Bill Owens is stepping down as executive producer of 60 Minutes after five years at the helm. His departure marks a major change for the long-running CBS news magazine, a staple of American ...
The veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent who interviewed Kamala Harris for the segment that triggered the just-settled lawsuit ...
Bill Owens, the longtime executive producer of CBS News' "60 Minutes," is stepping down over concerns about editorial independence, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters on April 22.
Bill Owens, executive producer of CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” abruptly resigned on Tuesday. Sportsfile via Getty Images. Inside the halls of CBS, there are whispers that Lesley Stahl, who has ...
Longtime 60 Minutes executive producer Bill Owens is resigning. In an email to staff, Owens cited an inability “to make independent decisions based on what was right for 60 Minutes.” “Over ...
’60 Minutes’ EP Bill Owens Quits, Says He Lost Ability to Make Independent Decisions “The show is too important to the country, it has to continue, just not with me as the Executive Producer ...
Bill Owens joined CBS News in 1988, staying with the network for 37 years. He became the executive producer of "60 Minutes" in 2019. Vaughn Ridley/Sportsfile for Collision via Getty ...
Bill took the reins as producer of 60 Minutes back in 2019, a position where he was preceded by Jeff Fager (2004-2018) and Don Hewitt (1968-2004), and saw great success during his tenure before ...
Owens worked at CBS News for 37 years. He is only the third executive producer in the 57-year history of “60 Minutes,” following Jeff Fager and the show’s founding showrunner, Don Hewitt.
“60 Minutes” executive producer Bill Owens abruptly quit on Tuesday, citing a loss of journalistic independence as CBS’ parent company, Paramount Global, looks to settle a lawsuit from ...
Bill Owens is stepping down as executive producer of ’60 Minutes’ after five years. Find out more about his decision to leave the show here.