Peter Thiel started this strategy when he destroyed Gawker media through funding of civil lawsuits against it, a few years ago.

Really Bad news for the country,

I wouldn't be surprised if 6 of them all received nice gifts when they retire.

Skirted campaign contribution laws.

that when viewed as the participants in this deal (CBS & Trump) do there is absolutely nothing wrong with this deal.

CBS sees the news department just like they see any other department. It's simply a matter of profit.

News is not a public trust to them it's just another profit/loss line on the annual report, so who gives a rat's ass about it other than maintaining its profitability or leveraging its importance to increase profits elsewhere in the corporation.

15M (or 35M) is a small price to pay, from their perspective, for getting approval for their merger.

After all, it's just bidness.

It's a part of their business that's now worth nothing.

It may be but a small part of Redstone's problems unloading this property (a problem she bought for herself, having turned down several deals in the past). But this agreement sacrifices one of the worthwhile businesses.

even remotely, questionably construable about a Democrat, they need to sue for , ah, 16 million? Or more?
Every left hand compliment, every possible item taken out of context should bring legal action. Hurt feelings, ya know. And may influence a Democrat's political influence!
Hey Chuckie, you wondered what to do? Do this now.
Be careful CBS, you may get more than you bargained for.

he negotiated down....

this absolutely corrupt fascist crap!

Republicans have realized that if you control the federal government you can use every regulatory agency in it for extortion and personal enrichment instead of for helping the public as they were designed, and their voters are fine with that as long as they're extorting industries and people perceived as "liberal".

Back before all the networks' news departments were melded into their entertainment divisions, you would see such a warning on videos provided by places like east germany, burma, etc., when they were played in a newscast.

Or did they get someone to take the history test on that subject matter................

I can still remember when the Sumner Redstone clan got there mitts on CBS and they were going around offering cable service for 5 dollars in the 70's..............and now they are all in on being bribed by a fucking fascist ...............why not just put a sign out front of your office's saying fuck the free press and first amendment....men and woman died so that you could have the free press...........not based on fucking greed.........

That's the only way CBS might be able to salvage this.

CBS must employ some really stupid lawyers

They successfully transformed a naked bribe into an ordinary legal settlement.

even though the new season of star trek is coming in a couple weeks im cancelling paramount. Ill just look to "alternative sources" for the show.
time to take the tricorn hat out of storage

When it went to streaming, I quit.
I've never seen Picard or the rest as I refuse to be extorted.
I used to come in for the first run of TOS.
Same with NFL and NASCAR on Prime.
They are dead to me!

Did you see Steve Kroft with Jon Stewart last night?
He's retired and provides insight into the Tiffany (?) network.

The only source for the whole article is a claim by Trump himself. Why would anyone believe a single word he says?

Variety also reported this - Trump Claims ‘60 Minutes’ Settlement Is Worth as Much as $35 Million Including ‘Advertising’; Paramount Denies Deal Includes PSAs

when I saw their logo was how they CAVED to Donald Trump.

And from here on, that's what that logo will mean to ME.

Most employees went to the roofs when the Space Shuttle came back to California for the final time.
We got all three flybys.
Then we were chased off the roof and the access was locked.
I had to call security to get up there to do my job.
Take your time, paid by the hour.

Management was oppressive and a bunch of assholes!
Paying the mob boss is so unbecoming.
May your merger be denied after chump cashes the check!
Serve ya right!