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‘60 Minutes’ turmoil underpins another busy week in journalism

Poynter · Tom Jones · last updated

TThe media world is still trying to sort out exactly what happened this week at one of CBS News’ most respected news properties, “60 Minutes.”

Executive producer Bill Owens abruptly quit, telling staff in a memo that he could no longer run the show the way he wanted with the autonomy he used to have.

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