The New York Post reported on July 2 that Paramount Global agreed, as part of its settlement in the president’s lawsuit against CBS’ 60 Minutes over an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris, to run between $15 million and $20 million worth of pro-Trump ads across its networks once it is acquired by David Ellison’s Skydance Media.

The question was less about whether Paramount would settle with Trump, and more about how much his lawyers would accept.

In a case seen as a challenge to American free-speech principles, Paramount has agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit by