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FCC Chair ‘Pleased’ With Skydance-Paramount Deal Concessions

Commissioner at the FCC Brendan Carr — Commissioner at the FCC Brendan Carr
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By Kelcee Griffis

July 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM EDT

Updated on

July 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM EDT

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said he’s happy with some of the concessions Skydance Media said it’s willing to make to win approval for its takeover of Paramount Global.

Skydance said this week that it would eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs at Paramount, if the deal goes through, and install an ombudsman to address complaints of news bias at the CBS network.