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'60 Minutes' keeps on the news and is rewarded by viewers
Read full article: '60 Minutes' keeps on the news and is rewarded by viewersFILE - "60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl poses for a photo in her office at the "60 Minutes" offices, in New York on Sept. 12, 2017. It's not the first time that's been said about โ60 Minutesโ since its 1968 debut. After executive producer Bill Owens turned the show primarily over to COVID-19 coverage last spring, โ60 Minutesโ has returned to its traditional format while being focused on being timely. โ60 Minutesโ this fall has featured interviews with fired government cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs, former President Barack Obama and poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Original executive producer Don Hewitt often ran โ60 Minutesโ as an island unto itself.
Trump posts unedited โ60 Minutes' interview before it airs -- see it here
Read full article: Trump posts unedited โ60 Minutes' interview before it airs -- see it here(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)WASHINGTON โ President Donald Trump posted his full, unedited interview with โ60 Minutesโ on Facebook before the showโs scheduled Sunday broadcast. โLook at the bias, hatred and rudeness on behalf of 60 Minutes and CBS,โ Trump wrote Thursday as he tweeted the Facebook link. As Stahl comments at one point that Trump is offering attack after attack, Trump responds: โIt's not attack, it's defense. At the end of the nearly 40 minutes, Trump complained: โAre you ready for tough questions. โ60 MINUTES,โ it continued, "is widely respected for bringing its hallmark fairness, deep reporting and informative context to viewers each week.
Quibi adds '60 Minutes' to growing roster of news partnerships
Read full article: Quibi adds '60 Minutes' to growing roster of news partnershipsLOS ANGELES, Calif. - "60 Minutes" is the latest big name news brand to partner up with Quibi -- the upcoming and much-discussed short-form streaming service from Hollywood and Silicon Valley giants Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman. CBS News and Quibi on Tuesday announced a licensing agreement that will bring a new news show called "60 in 6" to the streaming service. Each episode of the weekly series will be six minutes in length and will include a "wide range of compelling stories," according to the network. The new ESPN Quibi show will feature "daily episodes and breaking news covering the biggest stories in sports," the network said Monday. Quibi, which stands for "Quick Bites," will offer videos that are 10 minutes or less in length and created for viewing on mobile phones.