CBS appoints Tanya Simon
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The network is not hiring an outsider to helm “60 Minutes” as the program’s correspondents feared might happen.
Minutes has named its next executive producer, three months after its former boss abruptly quit in protest. Tanya Simon—daughter of the show’s legendary correspondent Bob Simon—will become the first woman to run the TV news magazine and just the fourth person to hold the role since the CBS show debuted in 1968.
Paramount has agreed to settle President Trump's lawsuit over a "60 Minutes" interview with Kamala Harris for $16 million, the company announced late Tuesday.
Trump reached a $16 million settlement with Paramount after suing CBS News over a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris.