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FCC Approves Paramount-Skydance Deal After Skydance’s CBS Ombudsman, Anti-DEI Pledges

The FCC approved the transfer of CBS licenses to Skydance's ownership group, paving the way to the merger of Skydance and ...

FCC OKs $8B Paramount—Skydance Deal, Says It Ensures ‘Diversity of Viewpoints’ at CBS

The Federal Communications Commission has approved the $8 billion merger of Paramount Global and Skydance Media, claiming ...

FCC approves Paramount–Skydance merger as CBS commits to journalistic overhaul

The FCC approved the $8.4 billion sale of Paramount to Skydance Media, as CBS prepares newsroom reforms, including ...

Skydance Promises FCC It Will Appoint CBS News Ombudsman to Review ‘Complaints of Bias,’ Says Paramount Has Eliminated DEI

Skydance Media has made additional promises to the FCC in an effort to get approval for its $8 billion merger with Paramount ...

Skydance Commits To CBS News Ombudsman, Pledges No DEI Policies As Company Seeks FCC Greenlight Of Paramount Merger

Skydance’s general counsel, Stephanie Kyoko McKinnon, noted that the FCC, in evaluating Comcast’s proposed acquisition of ...

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 ...

Skydance to Eliminate DEI at Paramount, Appoint CBS News Ombudsman to Review 'Complaints of Bias'

As Skydance looks to close its $8 billion merger with Paramount, the David Ellison-led studio has sent new letters to the FCC ...

Skydance Tells FCC It Will Create CBS News Ombudsman, Eliminate DEI at Paramount

Big changes will come to CBS and CBS News, once Skydance's takeover of Paramount Global is closed.

For Paramount, Hundreds of Job Cuts Loom Once Skydance Merger Is Completed

Upon the deal’s closing, Skydance and its financial partners are set inject $1.5 billion in cash into Paramount. However, ...