New York, April 25 (RHC)-- In media news, the long-standing executive producer of CBS’s “60 Minutes” is stepping down.  Bill Owens wrote in a memo to his staff: “It has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it, to make independent decisions based on what was right for 60 Minutes, right for the audience.”

Trump is suing CBS for $20 billion over a segment last year he said was edited to be favorable to Kamala Harris.  In January, The New York Times reported that CBS’s parent company Paramount could reach a settlement with Trump in that case. Trump has also called for CBS to lose its broadcasting license after airing pieces on Ukraine and Greenland he disagreed with. 

Meanwhile, a planned $8 billion merger between Paramount and Skydance Media is currently awaiting FCC approval.  Skydance’s CEO David Ellison is the son of billionaire Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle and a close Trump ally.

[ SOURCE:  DEMOCRACY NOW ]