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Paramount Global Launches Strategic Review Amid Skydance Merger Talks, CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon Resigns
Paramount Global (PARA) announced on Monday that its board has initiated a review and evaluation of strategic alternatives to ...
Paramount, Skydance must scrap DEI to pass FCC’s ‘public interest’ litmus test: sources
Getting rid of so-called DEI will be a prerequisite for any media deal that needs FCC approval, sources tell On The Money.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr is letting ISPs merge—as long as they end DEI programs
It's shaping up to be a big year for telecom mergers, and it appears the Federal Communications Commission is eager to ...
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Liberal Senate Democrats Come to Defense of Embattled CBS News and ‘60 Minutes,’ Push for a Full FCC Vote on Skydance-Paramount Deal
The senators say the decision to try to settle President Trump’s lawsuit appears to be a ‘deal’ to ‘exploit his position to ...
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Markey, Luján Want FCC To Vote On Paramount/Skydance Merger
A high-ranking Democratic Member of the Senate Commerce Committee and a colleague who serves as his party's Ranking Member ...
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Sens. Markey, Luján Push for More Transparency in FCC Paramount-Skydance Review
The review shows "signs of…a President willing to exploit his position to intimidate the media and secure a multi-million ...
Promise to Kill DEI, and Trump’s FCC Will Approve Anything
In a statement announcing approval of the merger, which will see Verizon take over Frontier’s million broadband subscribers ...
Brendan Carr stages a Trumpian show at the FCC
For years, he was a low-key conservative policy player. Now he’s using an entire agency to wage Trump’s battles.
Paramount Still Sees Skydance Deal Closing First Half Despite Noise; Streaming & Sports Buoy Q1
Paramount Global said it expects the Skydance merger to close in the first half despite noise as it reported solid quarterly ...
FCC Approves Verizon’s $20 Billion Frontier Deal After Telco Committed to Eliminating DEI, Agency’s GOP Chairman Says
After FCC chairman Brendan Carr said Verizon agreed to end its DEI policies, the agency approved the telco's $20 billion deal ...
Ellisons will go on buying spree – should Paramount-Skydance deal ever get green light
David Ellison doesn’t even own Paramount but he’s planning to grow it, On The Money has learned. The Skydance chief – with ...