Ex-60 Minutes Alums Eye Independent Streaming News Venture
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Reports suggest ousted 60 Minutes staff, led by former EP Bill Owens, are exploring raising funds to launch a standalone news program for streaming, possibly with former correspondents like Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi, with a suggested $50 million target. The viability is unclear, and sources note mixed signals about the Post’s story. Meanwhile, CBS has reshuffled its team, and Alfonsi and Pelley have become journalists-in-residence at Columbia University; Netflix and other streamers have shown little appetite for regular news, complicating a self-distribution plan.
- ‘60 Minutes’ In Exile: Are Former Producers and Correspondents Plotting Their Own Show? The Hollywood Reporter
- Ex-‘60 Minutes’ boss Bill Owens wants to launch rival news show with Scott Pelley, other fired staffers: sources New York Post
- Ex-60 Minutes boss wants to create rival broadcast with fired staffers: report The Independent
- Is Former ’60 Minutes’ Boss Recruiting Scott Pelley for Rival Show? Yahoo
- Sources: Former '60 Minutes' Chief Looks To Raise $50M For New Show; Possibly Starring Pelley TV News Check
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