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Skydance separately promised to appoint a CBS News ombudsman to "promote transparency and increased accountability" at CBS News. Skydance CEO David Ellison also has met with center-right journalist Bari Weiss.
Skydance committed to removing DEI programs and establishing a bias complaint system at CBS News as it seeks FCC approval for Paramount merger.
Skydance has made fresh promises to the Federal Communications Commission as it looks to fast-track its merger with Paramount – including a pledge to scrap DEI policies at CBS News and appoint an ombudsman to root out media bias at the network.
Incoming CBS owner promises Trump’s FCC it will review ‘complaints of bias’ at news network and eliminate DEI policies - ‘New Paramount's new management will ensure that the company's array of news and entertainment programming embodies a diversity of viewpoints across the political and ideological spectrum,
NAB, FCC chair Brendan Carr applaud 8th Circuit’s ruling overturning FCC rules that station groups can’t own more than one of the four most-watched TV stations in a market
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The latest meeting comes after David Ellison spoke with the agency's chairman Brendan Carr about the pending $8 billion deal
David Ellison met this week with Brendan Carr and FCC staffers to discuss the Paramount Global merger which is still under agency review.