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Why FCC chair will continue to throttle Paramount-Skydance merger – despite Trump settlement

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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House attorneys argue plan to vet NIL collective deals violates settlement

House attorneys argue plan to vet NIL collective deals violates settlement

The attorneys who negotiated a $2.8 billion lawsuit settlement with the NCAA and four power conferences took issue Friday with the way college sports’ new enforcement body plans to vet name, image and likeness payments to athletes from school-affiliated collectives. In a letter to the power conferences and NCAA, obtained by The Athletic, attorneys Jeffrey Kessler and Steve Berman stated …

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