CBS News staffers are outraged by parent company Paramount's decision this week to settle President Donald Trump's lawsuit which they thought was meritless.

Paramount has agreed to settle President Trump's lawsuit over a "60 Minutes" interview with Kamala Harris for $16 million, the company announced late Tuesday.

CBS News tapped Tanya Simon to become the "60 Minutes" executive producer following parent company Paramount's major settlement to President Donald Trump.

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday gave the green light to the $8.4 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media – finally clearing the way for a deal that had been throttled by allegations of bias against CBS News.

Paramount Global will pay $16 million to settle President Trump's lawsuit over 60 Minutes' interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris — a lawsuit that many legal experts considered spurious.

Paramount Global has settled its suit with President Trump, ending the president’s $20 billion election interference lawsuit over CBS News' handling of a "60 Minutes" interview last year.

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump and the Federal Communications Commission have vowed to force American broadcast media outlets to make significant changes. CBS may be just the beginning.

The network is not hiring an outsider to helm “60 Minutes” as the program’s correspondents feared might happen.