Paramount, owner of CBS, its namesake studio and several cable channels, has a major piece of business in front of the new administration: its planned merger with Skydance Media.

Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARA) executives held internal discussions about settling a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump over a CBS News interview with Vice President Kamala Harris in a push to cool things down with the incoming president,

The lawsuit claims that in airing two differently edited versions of Harris’ response to a question about the war in Gaza, “CBS used its national platform on 60 Minutes to cross the line from the exercise of judgment in reporting to deceitful, deceptive manipulation of news.”

Paramount Global executives have held internal talks about settling a lawsuit filed by President-elect Donald Trump over CBS News’ interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a report. Paramount,

President-elect Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against CBS News for alleged "deceptive conduct" may end up with him raking in a significant sum of cash in exchange for the incoming administration green-lighting a proposed merger.

A CBS News lawsuit from Donald Trump is apparently being treated as a bargaining chip in upcoming merger battles with the FCC. Screenshot: YouTube There’s always something kind of interesting that happens when the media we consume,

Executives at Paramount Global are discussing, internally and informally, what it might take to settle a lawsuit by incoming President Donald Trump against CBS News centered around a 60 Minutes interview with his then rival Kamala Harris,

Paramount is considering a settlement in a lawsuit brought by President-elect Donald Trump over a pre-election 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris that contained an edited response.