In a rare on-air rebuke April 27, longtime correspondent for the CBS newsmagazine Scott Pelley said the broadcaster's parent company Paramount had become heavy-handed in its oversight. His comments came in response to executive producer Bill Owens' resignation from the show last week.

Scott Pelley addressed the resignation of Executive Producer Bill Owens, who had cited editorial interference by CBS’s parent company, Paramount.

"No one here is happy." That was the message from "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley at the end of Sunday's program, in which he paid tribute to departing executive producer Bill Owens, who resigned last week citing increasing corporate interference in the venerable show.