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Ex-’60 Minutes’ Correspondent Steve Kroft Calls $16M Trump Settlement a “Shakedown”
Jon Stewart questioned the reason behind the "shameful" deal between the president and his parent company Paramount Global when he returned to 'The Daily Show' on Monday.
‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit Settled, Paramount to Pay $16M to Trump Over Kamala Harris Interview
CBS' parent company will pay $16 million to President Trump over a “60 Minutes” episode aired last fall, during the closing weeks of the election
Paramount settles Trump lawsuit over Kamala Harris interview on '60 Minutes' for $16 million
It was the latest concession by a media company to a president who has targeted outlets over what he describes as false or misleading coverage.
Paramount is paying $16 million to settle Trump's '60 Minutes' lawsuit
Paramount did not include an apology or a statement of regret when settling the lawsuit, it noted late Tuesday.
Paramount to pay Trump $16m to settle 60 Minutes lawsuit
US media company Paramount Global has agreed to pay $16 million (£13.5m) to settle a legal dispute with US President Donald Trump regarding an interview it broadcast on CBS with former Vice-President Kamala Harris.
Paramount agrees to pay $16 million to settle Trump's lawsuit over '60 Minutes' Kamala Harris interview
Paramount has agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit in which President Donald Trump alleged that an interview with Kamala Harris, his Democratic opponent for the presidency, that aired on CBS’ “60 Minutes” last year was deceptively edited.
Ex '60 Minutes' producer sounds off on Trump-Paramount lawsuit settlement
Famed '60 Minutes' producer Lowell Bergman said it was a distressing time for journalism after President Trump won an eight-figure settlement in his lawsuit with CBS News. (The Daily New York Times po
Trump claims he struck side deal with Skydance for additional $16 million in ‘60 Minutes’ settlement
We did a deal for about $16 million plus $16 million, or maybe more than that, in advertising... It's like $32 to maybe $35 million,’ the president said over the weekend.
'60 Minutes' Kamala Harris interview at center of Trump lawsuit runs afoul of Cronkite-era CBS guidelines
The Kamala Harris "60 Minutes" interview at the center of President Trump's massive lawsuit appears to run afoul of 1976 CBS ...
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CBS Throws In Towel, Forks Over $16 Million To Trump Over Edited Harris ’60 Minutes’ Interview
CBS News’ parent company, Paramount, agreed to pay $16 million to President Donald Trump on Tuesday to settle his lawsuit ...
Dan Rather on ‘60 Minutes’ Settlement: ‘A Sellout to Extortion by the President’
The settlement came as David Ellison’s Skydance Media are negotiating an $8 billion acquisition of Paramount, which needs ...
The Hollywood Reporter7d
CBS Settles with Trump Over Kamala Harris 60 Minutes Interview Suit - The Hollywood Reporter
Paramount Settles Lawsuit With Trump Over Kamala Harris ’60 Minutes’ Interview for $16 Million. The president sued over an interview with Harris on the CBS News segment that he said was ...
’60 Minutes’ Alum Steve Kroft Slams Trump ‘Shakedown’ in ‘Daily Show’ Interview
Stewart said that the settlement must be “devastating” for those who work for 60 Minutes, to which Kroft replied, “Devastating’s a good word. I think there’s a lot of fear over there. Fear of losing ...
The New York Sun6d
Sad Lesley Stahl and Fellow ‘60 Minutes’ Stars Express ‘Dismay’ at ‘Capitulation to Trump’ in Teary-Eyed Zoom About Settlement: Report
One staffer expresses concern that the likely new owners of Paramount and its subsidiary, CBS News, will be ‘tinkering’ with ...