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The lawsuit has added a layer of complexity to Paramount’s multibillion-dollar merger with Skydance, a Hollywood studio.

Lawyers for President Trump and the parent company of CBS News said in a legal filing on Monday that the two sides were “engaged in good faith, advanced, settlement negotiations” over his suit against the company and requested that the court stay its proceedings until Thursday.

Mr. Trump’s lawyers have argued that CBS News misleadingly edited a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris during the 2024 campaign, tipping the scales toward the Democratic Party. CBS News has denied wrongdoing.

The filing is the clearest sign yet that the two sides are nearing a settlement that they have discussed for several months.

The lawsuit, which many legal experts have said was baseless, was viewed by some executives at Paramount, which owns CBS, as a potential hurdle to completing a multibillion-dollar sale of the company to the Hollywood studio

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