Oct 31 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will sit

down with CBS anchor Norah O'Donnell for an interview on Friday

afternoon, the first with the network after his lawsuit against

it, Semafor reported.

Paramount in July agreed to pay $16 million to settle a

lawsuit filed by Trump over his claim that CBS deceptively

edited a "60 Minutes" interview with his Democratic presidential

opponent Kamala Harris last year.

CBS-parent Paramount Skydance ( PSKY ) named Bari Weiss

editor-in-chief of CBS News earlier this month, as part of a

deal to acquire the center-right online news outlet she founded,

the Free Press.

CBS News and the White House did not immediately respond to

Reuters requests for comment on the report.

CBS also appointed a new ombudsman who had previously run

the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank.

David Ellison, the son of Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison,

took over the CBS network and other Paramount properties earlier

this year when his company Skydance Media merged with Paramount

Global in an $8.4 billion deal.

Semafor had reported earlier this month that the White House

was in talks with CBS News program "60 Minutes" about conducting

an interview with Trump.