Donald Trump has claimed that the long run proprietor of the US TV community CBS will present him with $20m price of promoting and programming – days after the community canceled The Late Present With Stephen Colbert.
The US president lately reached a $16m settlement with Paramount, the dad or mum of CBS Information, over what he claimed was deceptive enhancing of a pre-election interview with the Democratic candidate for president, Kamala Harris.
Whereas CBS initially known as the lawsuit “utterly with out benefit”, a view shared by many authorized consultants, Paramount is within the midst of an $8bn sale to the Hollywood studio Skydance Media, which requires the approval of federal regulators.
In a publish on his Fact Social platform, Trump claimed the settlement had been paid – and that he was anticipating way more from the brand new house owners of Paramount.
“Paramount/CBS/60 Minutes have at present paid $16 Million {Dollars} in settlement, and we additionally anticipate receiving $20 Million {Dollars} extra from the brand new House owners, in Promoting, PSAs [public service announcements], or comparable Programming, for a complete of over $36 Million {Dollars},” he wrote.
CBS and Skydance didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
Trump’s declare that he has been provided tens of millions of {dollars}’ price of programming is more likely to exacerbate anger over the axing of The Late Present, which CBS introduced on Thursday.
Days earlier, Colbert, a high-profile critic of Trump, had branded Paramount’s settlement with Trump “a giant fats bribe”. He is because of stay on air till Might, and declared on Monday that “the gloves are off”.
Skydance was based in 2010 by David Ellison, son of the tech billionaire Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle, and an ally of Trump.
The $16m settlement was already seen by critics as an additional instance of capitulation by media firms hoping to clean the waters with the US president. ABC Information, finally owned by Disney, additionally agreed to pay $15m to settle a defamation lawsuit over its protection.
After Trump’s newest declare relating to $20m price of promoting and programming from Paramount, the Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren mentioned in a press release on X, previously Twitter: “This reeks of corruption.”
