The high-stakes deal that came together this week resulted from months of back-and-forth among a constellation of power players with competing interests, including the president and mogul Shari Redstone.

The move comes as a striking concession in a case that has been seen as a threat to bedrock American principles of free speech.

Paramount Global said it would pay $16 million under its deal with President Donald Trump to settle his “60 Minutes” lawsuit, which legal experts widely agreed was baseless. But Trump is claiming the settlement is actually worth at least double that — and as much as $35 million,