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Tanya Simon has been named the executive producer of 60 Minutes, taking the helm of the CBS News broadcast amid the aftermath of Paramount Global’s settlement with Donald Trump and the pending merger with Skydance media. Simon has served as interim EP since the exit of Bill Owens in April. She is just the fourth executive producer of the newsmagazine, …

Jon Stewart ripped into what he called a “tenuous” moment for media, using his Weekly Show podcast to examine how the government uses its levers of power “to manipulate and get what they want.” It was the first edition of The Weekly Show since CBS announced that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert would end next year. Stewart is an …

Topline Skydance Media plans to conduct a comprehensive review of CBS News if its merger with Paramount Global goes through, the company said in FCC filings Wednesday, which would include adding an ombudsman to “evaluate any complaints of bias” and end diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Skydance CEO David Ellison appears at a premiere in May 2025. AFP via Getty …

Skydance, the entertainment company set to take over Paramount in an $8 billion merger, told federal officials this week that it will hire an ombudsman who will review “complaints of bias” at CBS News. The ombudsman will be in place for “at least two years,” Skydance general counsel Stephanie Kyoko McKinnon said in a letter addressed to Federal Communications Commission …

Skydance Media has made additional commitments to the FCC in an effort to get approval for its $8 billion merger with Paramount Global. In letters addressed to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, Skydance’s top lawyer said Skydance will install an ombudsman to review “complaints of bias or other concerns” involving CBS as part of ensuring “viewpoint diversity” and that Skydance has …

Big changes will come to CBS and CBS News, once Skydance‘s takeover of Paramount Global is closed. Skydance has told the Federal Communications Commission that once its acquisition of Paramount Global is complete, it will initiate a “comprehensive review” of CBS to ensure that the network is operating in the public interest, and that it will hire an ombudsman that …

David Letterman is calling BS on CBS’ decision to cancel his successor Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show.” The veteran comedian, 78, shared a video montage of him roasting the TV network during his decades-long career of hosting “The Late Show” from 1993 to 2015. “You can’t spell CBS without BS,” Letterman captioned the YouTube clip. David Letterman has subtly weighed in on …

Stewart, Colbert slam CBS, Trump for cancellation of late night franchise: ‘Fear and pre-compliance’  Politico Stephen Colbert mocks CBS’s reasoning for canceling ‘The Late Show’  The Washington Post David Letterman takes subtle aim at CBS amid Colbert ‘Late Show’ cancellation  USA Today Jon Stewart slams CBS for decision to cancel ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’  CNN Jon Stewart rips Paramount, CBS in profanity-laden …

David Letterman has not officially gone on record reacting to CBS‘ shocking decision to cancel “The Late Show,” which Letterman started in 1993 and hosted for 22 years before passing the baton to Stephen Colbert, but his thoughts on the matter are quite clear thanks to a 20-minute supercut his team posted on the official Letterman YouTube channel. The clip …

Jon Stewart backed Stephen Colbert during Monday night’s monologue on The Daily Show, joining a chorus of voices slamming CBS after its abrupt decision to end The Late Show in 2026, which Colbert has hosted for a decade. In a statement last week, the network claimed the cancellation was financial. However, the decision to axe Colbert‘s top-rated show  drew backlash, since the announcement came days after …