Trump's FCC approves Skydance-Paramount merger
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FCC commissioner Brendan Carr says CBS will have a "bias monitor" who reports directly to the president of Paramount.
President Donald Trump and the Federal Communications Commission have vowed to force American broadcast media outlets to make significant changes.
Recently, comedian Stephen Colbert—whose popular CBS Late Show will be cancelled next May despite being No. 1, in what many view as censorship due to his jokes about Trump—pointedly mocked the settlement the first chance he got, AP News reported.
Brendan Carr discussed media course correction following Colbert's show cancellation and criticizes partisan content, highlighting Skydance's CBS News plans.
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The Trump administration approved the sale of CBS' parent company Paramount to Skydance. Puck founding partner Matthew Belloni joins Katy Tur to explain more on the details of this $8 billion merger and to react to "South Park" making fun of Trump and Paramount.
Hours after announcing the approval of Skydance’s merger with Paramount, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr touted the company’s commitment to “addressing bias & restoring fact-based reporting” at CBS News, among other things.
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ADWEEK on MSNFCC Commissioner Anna Gomez Said Agency ‘Overstepping its Authority' in Paramount MergerShe said it was "a deal that was linked to a payout to settle a baseless lawsuit and other troubling concessions"