Shari Redstone kept tabs on ‘60 Minutes’ segments on Trump

Paramount owner Shari Redstone in recent days sought to know which upcoming 60 Minutes stories were about President Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the situation — triggering a series of events that ended with the Tuesday resignation of the show’s longtime producer. Producer Bill Owens resigned abruptly this week, complaining that he no longer had the editorial independence to run the iconic Sunday evening news show. In a note first shared with The New York Times, Owens said that “over the past months, it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show...