On Monday July 7, representatives for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and its Hollywood Local 399 and the conservative public interest group the Center for American Rights met with staff of the Federal Communications Commission to discuss a deal important to both of them: The Skydance-Paramount merger. The FCC has to approve the transfer of Paramount’s broadcast licenses to Skydance, …
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Why FCC chair will continue to throttle Paramount-Skydance merger – despite Trump settlement
With the Trump-CBS lawsuit out of the way, the $8 billion merger between the network’s parent, Paramount, and independent studio Skydance Media would seem to be a fait accompli. As if anything involving Donald Trump is that easy, On The Money has learned. True, the lawsuit filed by the then-president-elect in December alleging that CBS deceptively edited an interview with …
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