Paramount Global posted mixed financial results Thursday, after spending several weeks in the political spotlight. The company reported second-quarter adjusted earnings of 46 cents a share on revenue of $6.85 billion. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected the company to post adjusted earnings of 36 cents a share on revenue of $6.87 billion.

The high-stakes deal that came together this week resulted from months of back-and-forth among a constellation of power players with competing interests, including the president, the Larry Ellison family and mogul Shari Redstone.