FCC Approves Paramount-Skydance Deal
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South Park,” Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have all been critical of their own company and President Trump this week.
Skydance has emphasized that the commitments are voluntary. Previously, Skydance and Paramount had argued against conditions imposed by the FCC to mandate benchmarks for viewpoint neutrality, saying that they would be “squarely foreclosed by the First Amendment and Supreme Court precedent.”
Comedy Central’s “South Park” recently struck a five-year deal with Paramount after a merger delayed the Season 27 premiere.
Skydance, the entertainment company set to take over Paramount in an $8 billion merger, told federal officials this week that it will hire an ombudsman who will review “complaints of bias” at CBS News
After the FCC approved Paramount Global's merger with Skydance, several pressing questions will confront the management of the combined company.
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