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This was long ago, when viewing options were limited to what was airing on NBC, ABC and CBS until Fox came on the scene in 1986.

On Tuesday, The New York Times broke the story that Owens, who has spent 37 years with CBS News, 24 of them with “60 Minutes,” informed his staff that he would be stepping down.

His departure comes after months of legal wrangling between Donald Trump and Paramount Global, CBS’ parent company.

In October Trump sued CBS over a “60 Minutes” interview with his Democratic opponent, former Vice President Kamala Harris, which was also conducted by Whitaker.

Paramount and CBS filed two motions to throw out the suit in March, one for lack of personal jurisdiction and the other on the grounds that consumer fraud laws do not apply to editorial speech, calling the suit an “affront to the First Amendment.”