The FCC on Thursday finally signed off on the marriage of Skydance Media and Paramount Global. The $8 billion deal has faced myriad challenges on its way to the finish line but will be made official in the coming days by the companies. No shareholder vote or other approvals are required. With the FCC’s blessing, the transaction will reshape the …
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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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Skydance CEO met with FCC chair ahead of CBS canceling "The Late Show" – Axios
Skydance CEO met with FCC chair ahead of CBS canceling “The Late Show” Axios Inside CBS’ ‘agonizing decision’ to cancel Colbert’s top-rated late-night show CNN Why Is Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Getting Canceled? The New York Times Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ was reportedly losing CBS $40M a year as critics speculate politics drove cancellation Fox News Politics, Not Performance, Killed ‘The Late Show With Stephen …
Read More »FCC visit reveals what’s missing from the base Pixel 10 model
The Pixel 10 (Model numbers GLBWO, GL066, GK2MP), Pixel 10 Pro (G4QUR), and Pixel 10 Pro XL (GUL82) have visited the FCC and thanks to this mandatory visit, we learned some things about the Pixel 10 base model, There’s no question that Google is improving the entry level model this year by throwing in a third rear camera-in this case …
Read More »Pixel 10 series FCC filing confirms connectivity features, hints at Samsung modem
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR The Google Pixel 10 and Pixel 10 Pro XL have passed through the FCC website. Both phones apparently have satellite support, and there are hints of a Samsung modem once again. Meanwhile, the Pro version has Thread and UWB support while the standard model misses these features. Google is expected to launch the Pixel …
Read More »What Will FCC Require or Paramount-Skydance Deal to Close
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, …
Read More »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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