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The program employed a magazine format similar to that of the Canadian program ''[[W5 (TV series)|W5]]'', which had premiered two years earlier. It pioneered many of the most important [[investigative journalism]] procedures and techniques, including re-editing interviews, hidden cameras, and "[[gotcha journalism]]" visits to the home or office of an investigative subject.<ref name="'70s">{{cite book|title=How We Got Here: The '70s|page=[https://archive.org/details/howwegothere70sd00frum/page/36 36]|last=Frum|first=David|author-link=David Frum|year=2000|publisher=Basic Books|location=New York City, New York|isbn=0-465-04195-7|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/howwegothere70sd00frum/page/36}}</ref><ref name="HollywoodReporter2013">{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/secret-world-behind-60-minutes-435629/ |title=The Secret World Behind ’60'60 Minutes’Minutes' |first=Marisa |last=Guthrie |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |date=April 10, 2013 }}</ref> Similar programs sprang up in Australia and Canada during the 1970s, as well as on local television news.<ref name="'70s"/>

''60 Minutes'' is also simulcast on several former [[CBS Radio]] flagship stations such as. [[KYW-WBBM (AM)|KYWWBBM]] in PhiladelphiaChicago, [[WBBMKRLD (AM)|WBBMKRLD]] in Dallas, [[ChicagoWWJ (AM)|WWJ]] in Detroit, [[WWJKNX (AM)|WWJKNX]] in Los Angeles, [[DetroitKYW (AM)|KYW]] in Philadelphia, [[KCBS (AM)|KCBS]] in [[San Francisco]] (all owned by [[Audacy, Inc.]]) and
[[WBZ (AM)|WBZ]] in [[Boston]] (owned by [[iHeartMedia]]). Anchorage-based station [[KFQD]] airs ''60 Minutes'' as part of its affiliation with local CBS station [[KAUU]]. When it airs locally on their sister CBS Television Network affiliate, even in the Central and Eastern time zones, the show is aired at the top of the hour at 7:00&nbsp;p.m./6:00&nbsp;p.m. Central (barring local sports play-by-play pre-emptions and breaking news coverage) no matter how long the show is delayed on CBS Television, resulting in radio listeners often hearing the show on those stations ahead of the television broadcast. An audio version of each broadcast without advertising began to be distributed via [[podcast]] and the [[iTunes Store]], starting with the broadcast on September 23, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=CBS Making 60 Minutes Available as Free Podcast|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/programming/cbs-making-60-minutes-available-free-podcast/30717|last=Weprin|first=Alex|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=September 20, 2007|access-date=March 29, 2012}}</ref> Video from ''60 Minutes'' (including full episodes) is also made available for streaming several hours after the program's initial broadcast on CBSNews.com and [[Paramount+]].

On March 3, 1991, ''60 Minutes'' broadcast "[[Werner Erhard]]," which dealt with controversies involving Erhard's personal and business life. A year after the ''60 Minutes'' piece aired, Erhard filed a lawsuit against CBS, claiming that the broadcast contained several "false, misleading and defamatory" statements about him. One month after filing the lawsuit, Erhard filed for dismissal.<ref name="docket">''Werner Erhard vs. Columbia Broadcasting System'', (Filed: March 3, 1992) Case Number: 1992-L-002687. Division: Law Division. District: First Municipal. [[Illinois Circuit Court of Cook County|Cook County Circuit Court]], Chicago, Illinois.</ref> Erhard later told [[Larry King]] in an interview that he dropped the suit after receiving legal advice telling him that in order to win it, he had to prove not only that CBS knew the allegations were false but also that CBS acted with [[Malice (law)|malice]].<ref name=Westword>{{cite magazine|title=It Happens|url=http://www.westword.com/1996-04-18/news/it-happens/8|last=Jackson|first=Steve|magazine=[[Westword]]|date=April 18, 1996|access-date=March 29, 2012|archive-date=June 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629105950/http://www.westword.com/1996-04-18/news/it-happens/8/|url-status=dead}}</ref> After numerous independent journalists exposed untruths and factual inaccuracies in the story<ref>The Story of Our Lives, Vanora Bennett, The London Times, Saturday, July 15, 2000</ref><ref>Est Is Back, More Popular Than Ever, Oliver Libaw, ABC News, August 13, 2002</ref> the segment was removed by CBS from its archives, with a disclaimer: "This segment has been deleted at the request of CBS News for legal or [[copyright]] reasons."<ref>{{cite web|title=est, WERNER ERHARD, AND THE CORPORATIZATION OF SELF-HELP|url=http://www.believermag.com/issues/200305/?read=article_snider|last=Snider|first=Suzanne|work=[[Believer Magazine]]|date=May 2003|access-date=April 7, 2008|archive-date=October 20, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061020065458/http://www.believermag.com/issues/200305/?read=article_snider|url-status=dead}}</ref>