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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.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) blew up at fellow Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.) and Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) in a heated back-and-forth on the Senate floor Tuesday, accusing members of his party of being “willing to be complicit” with President Trump.
The follow-up to South Park’s premiere brutally mocking a naked Donald Trump has been delayed. Season 27 of the long-running show premiered last Wednesday and featured extensive jokes about the president’s “teeny-tiny” manhood and even an AI-generated sequence that showed Trump fully nude.
Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart unloaded on their corporate bosses and Donald Trump this week, but that turned out to be just the appetizer. "South Park" delivered the entrée, brutalizing Paramount Global and the president with the irreverent,
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Federal government regulators approve an $8 billion merger between Paramount and Skydance. Jerome Powell pushes back during Donald Trump’s visit to the Federal Reserve’s headquarters. And the woman behind the viral “Jet2 holiday” soundbite is surprised at its popularity.
Skydance committed to removing DEI programs and establishing a bias complaint system at CBS News as it seeks FCC approval for Paramount merger.
Skydance is notably refusing to confirm or deny reports that its executives made a side deal with the president, but there is speculation that the
President Donald Trump claimed that Skydance Media, once its deal to merge with Paramount Global is approved, is expected to contribute $20 million in advertising, public service announcements or “similar programming,
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Trump administration regulators have approved Skydance Media’s $8 billion bid to acquire CBS News parent company Paramount, paving the way for a tectonic shift in ownership of one of America’s three major networks.
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Al Jazeera on MSNWith Trump go-ahead, Skydance and Paramount to complete merger in AugustThe merger has faced scrutiny for what critics view as capitulations to Donald Trump, including a $16m settlement.
David Letterman unloaded on CBS and Skydance on Friday for cancelling “The Late Show,” which he launched 32 years ago, saying the network had mistreated his successor, Stephen Colbert. In an interview posted to his YouTube channel,