Paramount is in talks to settle a $10 billion lawsuit filed by Donald Trump against CBS News and "60 Minutes," the New York Times reported on Thursday. According to the Times, executives at Paramount believe that settling the lawsuit would make it less likely that Trump administration will block the studio's planned merger with Skydance.

Representatives at Paramount are reportedly in settlement talks with President Donald Trump after he sued one of its subsidiaries, CBS, for $10 billion in November last year. Citing three people with knowledge of the discussions,

Paramount Global has been in detailed discussions with Donald Trump‘s team about settling his lawsuit against CBS over the way that a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris was edited last year, we can confirm.

CBS's parent company Paramount is reportedly entering settlement discussions with representatives of President Donald Trump after he accused "60 Minutes" in a lawsuit of deceptively editing its interview with then Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.