Bill Owens has been with CBS News for nearly four decades. After his internship in 1988, he became a senior producer for the White House beat and later, senior broadcast producer for CBS Evening News.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said “all options are on the table” as he reviews Paramount Global’s merger with Skydance Media – a day after “60 Minutes” host Scott Pelley launched an astonishing on-air attack on CBS owner Paramount that accused them of interfering with the program’s coverage.

CBS News anchor Scott Pelley blamed parent company Paramount for pushing out 60 Minutes’s executive producer Bill Owens. The hit Sunday program has run for almost 60 years and has only had three executive producers — until last week,