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Shari Redstone’s Impossible Choice: She Can’t Save Both ‘60 Minutes’ and Paramount Global
Shari Redstone faces a dilemma over whether to protect '60 Minutes' from a nuisance Trump lawsuit or keep Paramount on track for its Skydance merger
According to the suit, filed in federal court in the Northern District of Texas in November 2024, “ 60 Minutes ” tried to mislead voters by airing two different edits of remarks made in an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris, then Trump’s rival for the White House. Rather than fight a nuisance, Paramount has entered mediation with Trump’s attorneys, all as Redstone hopes to move closer to selling the company to Skydance Media — and pushing the deal past the review of a Trump-controlled FCC, which has also opened investigations into the “60 Minutes” matter. On Sunday, correspondent Scott Pelley took the rare step of detailing this off-camera drama for viewers, telling them that Paramount had begun to take what staffers perceived as an undue amount of influence on “60 Minutes” editorial processes.
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