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Shari Redstone Defends Paramount’s $16 Million Settlement With Trump as ‘No-Brainer’

By Todd Spangler Aug 19, 2025 | 9:00 AM

Shari Redstone said the decision for Paramount Global, the media conglomerate she just sold to Skydance Media, to pay President Donald Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit against CBS was a “no-brainer” — and she had expected the company to pay far more to the sitting president to make the litigation go away. “This […]