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    Owens named chief executive behind CBS’ “60 Minutes”

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    This 2009 photo released by CBS shows Bill Owens, who was named executive producer of "60 Minutes," on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. (Heinz Kluetmeier/CBS via AP)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    PASADENA, Calif. (AP) --

    Incoming CBS News president Susan Zirinsky opted for continuity on television's most popular news program, appointing Bill Owens as executive producer of "60 Minutes" on Wednesday.

    Owens has been executive editor at "60 Minutes" since 2008, and has been running it on an interim basis since his predecessor Jeff Fager was fired in September for sending a threatening text message to a colleague writing a story about him.

    Zirinsky says Owens is "steeped in the storytelling style audiences have come to expect from "60 Minutes."

    It was the first big appointment for Zirinsky, another CBS veteran. She was named news president last month to replace the outgoing David Rhodes.

    Owens is only the third top producer at "60 Minutes," which first aired in 1968 with the show's inventor, Don Hewitt, at the helm. Fager replaced him, but was under investigation last summer amid a report that he groped women at parties and tolerated an abusive workplace. That investigation hadn't been resolved when Fager was fired for threatening a fellow CBS reporter who was reporting a story about it.

    Owens has been with CBS News since starting at the network as an intern in the summer of 1988.

    "I am honored to work alongside the best journalists in the business who cover the most important stories from around the world," Owens said. "I promise that will never change."

    The selection has been closely watched in the television industry because of the newsmagazine's influence and at the show itself, where the staff tends to be wary of outsiders. Zirinsky, the longtime executive producer at "48 Hours," had been considered a strong candidate before being appointed as Owens' boss.

    Owens has kept the engine running as interim executive producer, with the show airing interviews with President Donald Trump, new Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Elon Musk, potential presidential candidate Howard Schultz and three former presidents who talked about President George H.W. Bush following his death. The show has won four Emmys and a DuPont-Columbia journalism award in the past few months.

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    The One Show launches Best Use of TikTok Award

    Monday, January 12, 2026
    Branded image for the Best Use of Tik-Tok Award

    The One Club for Creativity has expanded its ongoing partnership with TikTok with the launch of the new Best Use of TikTok Award as part The One Show 2026. As a special award sponsored by TikTok, there is no fee to enter.

    The new award, established in recognition of the importance of short-form video and rise of creator content, will honor a brand’s exceptional use of TikTok, embracing the network’s native behaviors, creative tools, and storytelling styles to build cultural relevance and measurable impact.

    Winning entries will meaningfully lean into one or more of TikTok’s core pillars:

    --Community – Showing up authentically to engage, activate, or celebrate a TikTok community and turning participation into momentum.
    --Discovery - Turning exploration and insights into ideas that resonate with people.
    --Sound – Leveraging or creating original audio or trending sounds to drive discovery and creative expression.
    --Co-Creation – Using duet, stitch, challenges, or other collaborative tools to spark user-generated content and invite participation.
    --Entertainment – Delivering joyful, surprising, or culturally relevant storytelling that feels native to TikTok’s creative ecosystem.
    --Impact – Creativity backed by performance, generating ideas that drive tangible business growth.
    --Best Use of TikTok entrants will be asked to provide a written description of the campaign background, creative idea, insights and strategy, execution, and results. Case studies are encouraged.

    Entries should demonstrate cultural and/or commercial impact through engagement metrics, earned media pickup, video views or completion rates, brand lift, or sales outcomes.

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