By Brian Lowry

For Skydance Media, Paramount Global’s settlement of Donald Trump’s lawsuit can be seen as a preview of coming attractions, and a reminder that when it comes to a litigious president eager to use levers of government to pursue personal agendas, the maxim “Be careful what you wish for” has a way of consistently rearing its head.

Given the widely held assumption that the $16-million settlement was intended to grease the wheels to earn approval of the $8-billion Paramount-Skydance merger, Skydance CEO David Ellison and his father/benefactor, billionaire Larry Ellison, would outwardly appear to have won.