Paramount Global executives have held internal discussions about settling a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump over a CBS News interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, a sign of larger efforts to dial down tensions with the incoming president.

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CBS Owner Discusses Settling Trump Suit

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.

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CBS owner considers settling Trump suit over Kamala Harris’ ‘60 Minutes’ interview ahead of merger review: report

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.That's according to a Wall Street Journal article published Friday,...

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'Bend the knee': CBS mulls settling Trump's '60 Minutes' lawsuit to get merger approved

Paramount Global executives have held internal, informal discussions about what it might take to settle a lawsuit by incoming President Donald Trump against CBS News.

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Paramount Global Discusses Settling Donald Trump Lawsuit Against CBS News As Media Companies Look To President’s Next Term

“Paramount Global executives have held internal discussions about settling a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump over a CBS News interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, a sign of larger efforts to dial down tensions with the incoming president,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “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 Skydanc…

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President Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against CBS over alleged deceptive editing of a '60 Minutes' interview with Kamala Harris raises significant questions about journalistic integrity. Read more for the full story.

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CBS Considering Settling $10 Billion Lawsuit by Trump For Deceptively Editing '60 Minutes' Interview with Kamala Harris

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.That's according to a Wall Street Journal article published Friday, which reported that executives at the network are mulling whether to offer a settlement to the president-elect as a gesture of goodwill. CBS parent …

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'Bend the knee': CBS considers settling Trump’s '60 Minutes' lawsuit to get merger approved

Image: Paramount A law professor cited by CBS News called Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit over the editing of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris “...so ill grounded that it comes close to being sanctionable as frivolous.” But now, the The Wall Street Journal reports that executives at CBS’ parent company, Paramount Global, have discussed settling the suit while “gaming out options to reduce friction with the incoming administration” ah…

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Exclusive | CBS Owner Discusses Settling Trump Suit, With Merger Review on Tap

The lawsuit filed in October alleged that CBS News "deceptively doctored" its 60 Minutes interview with Harris.

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CBS owner weighs settling Trump lawsuit over Kamala’s 60 Minutes interview

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, Deadline has confirmed. Trump claimed the interview had been deceitfully edited to her benefit, filing the suit in late October in the Northern District of Texas. CBS’ attorneys say Trump’s attempts to punish t…

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