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After Paramount’s Trump Settlement, What’s Next? Even the Company Doesn’t Seem Sure
The end of legal wrangling between Paramount Global and President Donald Trump might be a relative win for the company, but its TV unit keeps eroding
“‘This merger is a shit show and it’s fucking up ‘South Park,’” the duo said in a statement released via social media just hours after Paramount announced a two-week delay in the debut of the series’ next season. In journalism circles, Paramount’s decision to pay a $16 million settlement to President Trump, has tarnished “60 Minutes,” a long-running newsmagazine that is seen as one of the mainstays of TV-news and which continues to generate sizable ratings. In an era when advertisers are more loath to sponsor news programming, citing polarized audiences and negative headlines tied to politics and climate change, Paramount’s decision has undermined the show, and there will be more eyes on it this fall when it debuts to see if producers are able to maintain its high reportorial standards.
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