This post was originally published April 30 and has been updated the settlement of Trump’s lawsuit against CBS News and Paramount Global’s closed merger with Skydance.

Tom Cruise can hang off the sides of flying planes and motorcycle-jump off cliffs for Mission: Impossible , but the franchise’s parent companies couldn’t seem to merge with the same finesse until now. A demoralizing lawsuit, bidding wars, a CEO reshuffling, and a new presidential administration plagued Paramount Global as it tried to merge with Skydance Media over the past year. The whole ordeal remained messy until the very end and raised uneasy complications for the company and Hollywood at large. Below, how this whole mess unfolded now that David Ellison has assumed control.

How did the merger close?

The merger is of

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