The news that Paramount Global will settle Donald Trump’s 60 Minutes lawsuit for $16 million certainly did not come as a shock to staffers at CBS News. For months, there has been a great deal of consternation and even resignation at the prospect of a settlement and the impact that it would have on the

The familiar tick-tick-tick of the famous stopwatch that has been part of “60 Minutes” for decades may give way to a new sound: a loud alarm. Paramount Global’s decision overnight to pay $16 million to President Donald Trump to end what has been viewed in many legal circles as a flimsy lawsuit tied to a

The question was less about whether Paramount would settle with Trump, and more about how much his lawyers would accept.