Overview

• Trump rejected Paramount’s $15 million offer, escalating demands to over $25 million and insisting on a public apology for the alleged deceptive edit of a ‘60 Minutes’ Kamala Harris interview.
• Paramount Global and Trump’s legal team remain in active mediation over the $20 billion defamation suit filed last fall against CBS News and 60 Minutes.
• California State Senate committees have launched an oversight probe, calling former CBS News executives to testify on possible violations of state bribery and unfair competition laws.
• Paramount’s push to finalize its $8 billion merger with Skydance Media hinges on FCC approval from Trump appointee Brendan Carr, intertwining regulatory and legal stakes.
• Trump’s lawyers have proposed an unconventional settlement that would see CBS run public service ads on veterans’ issues and antisemitism as part of a deal.