On Wednesday morning, representatives for Paramount Global and President Trump met with Daniel Weinstein, the preeminent civil mediator, to begin determining how much the $8 billion mediaco might pay to settle the president’s $20 billion lawsuit over a regrettable but benign editing blunder at CBS’s 60 Minutes. Most legal experts believe Trump’s case is meritless, while journalists in and outside of CBS have argued that a payment of any kind would undermine freedom of the press and undercut their credibility. But Paramount owner Shari Redstone, who has been desperate to sell her family business and naturally picked about the worst market conditions in which to pull it off, has long signaled a strong desire to settle the lawsuit. As the Journal reported on Wednesday, Paramount’s leaders have discussed settling the lawsuit for around $15 million to $20 million.