Overview

• Simon joined CBS in 1996 and has worked on 60 Minutes since 2000, serving as interim executive producer after Bill Owens resigned in April
• Paramount Global paid President Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit over edits to a 2024 Kamala Harris interview
• Skydance Media agreed to install an ombudsman for bias complaints as a condition of the FCC’s pending approval of its merger with Paramount Global
• All seven 60 Minutes correspondents, including Lesley Stahl and Anderson Cooper, signed a May letter urging Paramount to remove the “interim” label from Simon’s title
• Simon inherits a program under heightened political and corporate scrutiny, tasked with upholding journalistic standards during merger negotiations and regulatory review