• StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        4 months ago

        Efficiencies and synergies according to the messaging but it could mean AI given references to harnessing Silicon Valley is the $ 2 billion reference in the article.

        $16 million is given as the out of court settlement for the 60 minutes suit.

      • WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        4 months ago

        On investigation, out of my faulty memory.

        I have no idea where that figure came from, but it was the one lodged in my brain for the “settlement”/bribe that Paramount paid Trump.

        Ah well…

        • Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPM
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          4 months ago

          Fair enough - none of this should diminish the fact that the $16 million “legal settlement” from the former owners of the company was pretty definitely a bribe.

          And Skydance is alleged to have promised the government free advertising in the form of “PSAs,” which I don’t think they’ve confirmed or denied.