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DEI is dead at Paramount, David Ellison’s Skydance promises FCC

DEI is dead at Paramount, David Ellison’s Skydance promises FCC

David Ellison’s Skydance Media pledged to abandon all diversity, equity and inclusion programs at Paramount Global in an attempt to win government approval for its $8-billion merger. Paramount already had scaled back diversity programs earlier this year. In a Tuesday letter to Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr, Skydance said it would go further to cancel diversity efforts. “Paramount no …

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Paramount bidder Skydance vows to end DEI policies and create CBS News ombudsman

Paramount bidder Skydance vows to end DEI policies and create CBS News ombudsman

Skydance, the entertainment company set to take over Paramount in an $8 billion merger, told federal officials this week that it will hire an ombudsman who will review “complaints of bias” at CBS News. The ombudsman will be in place for “at least two years,” Skydance general counsel Stephanie Kyoko McKinnon said in a letter addressed to Federal Communications Commission …

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Skydance Tells FCC Paramount Eliminated DEI, Pledges to Appoint CBS Ombudsman

Skydance Tells FCC Paramount Eliminated DEI, Pledges to Appoint CBS Ombudsman

Skydance Media has made additional commitments to the FCC in an effort to get approval for its $8 billion merger with Paramount Global. In letters addressed to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, Skydance’s top lawyer said Skydance will install an ombudsman to review “complaints of bias or other concerns” involving CBS as part of ensuring “viewpoint diversity” and that Skydance has …

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