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Paramount Global's controlling owner Shari Redstone, shown last year at a gathering of media and tech titans in Idaho. Her company struck a deal to pay President Trump's foundation$16 million to settle his lawsuit against CBS's 60 Minutes that most legal observers consider frivolous. Trump's regulators are weighing her sale of Paramount to Skydance Media.

Paramount Global's controlling owner Shari Redstone, shown last year at a gathering of media and tech titans in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images hide caption

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Paramount agrees to pay $16 million to settle Trump's CBS lawsuit

Paramount Global will pay $16 million to settle President Trump's lawsuit over 60 Minutes' interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris — a lawsuit that many legal experts considered spurious.

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CBS News President Wendy McMahon resigned on Monday. Here, McMahon (second from left) stands with former 60 Minutes Executive Producer Bill Owens and two of the show's correspondents, Cecilia Vega and Scott Pelley, at the CBS fall schedule celebration held at Paramount Studios in May 2024.

CBS News President Wendy McMahon resigned on Monday. Here, McMahon (second from left) stands with former 60 Minutes Executive Producer Bill Owens and two of the show's correspondents, Cecilia Vega and Scott Pelley, at the CBS fall schedule celebration held at Paramount Studios in May 2024. Gregg DeGuire/Variety via Getty Images/Variety hide caption

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President of CBS News resigns as Trump lawsuit hovers over network

CBS News President Wendy McMahon says she's resigning because "the company and I do not agree on the path forward." CBS' parent company is trying to settle a lawsuit with President Trump.

President of CBS News resigns as Trump lawsuit hovers over network

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Finn Little as Carter and Cole Hauser as Rip Wheeler.

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Culture

How 'Yellowstone' writes off Kevin Costner's towering patriarch

So far, Yellowstone has scored sky-high viewership as a western soap opera. Costner's departure just adds to the drama.

Yellowstone returns

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Thursday

Barry Diller Headed 2 Hollywood Studios. He Now Says The Movie Business Is Dead

In an interview with NPR, Barry Diller, chairman of IAC, called the movie business dead. Here, he walks to a session of the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in Idaho on Wednesday. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption

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Business

Barry Diller Headed 2 Hollywood Studios. He Now Says The Movie Business Is Dead

In an exclusive interview with NPR, the IAC chairman laments the state of the movie industry, saying the rise in streaming has upended both the business model and the quality of films being made.

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Paramount President Fired Amid Allegations of Racially Charged Comments

Former President of Paramount Television Amy Powell has been ousted from the company following an incident in which she allegedly made racially insensitive remarks. Jonathan Leibson/WireImage hide caption

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Paramount President Fired Amid Allegations of Racially Charged Comments

Amy Powell's five-year run as head of Paramount's television division has come to a halt. She is alleged to have made insensitive remarks regarding black women.