Paramount-Skydance Deal And Other Mergers Could Be Blocked Over DEI Policies, FCC Chief Brendan Carr Says

FCC Urged To Address ‘Deeper Disease’ and ‘Relentless Bias’ at CBS News, Require ‘60 Minutes’ To ‘Promptly’ Release Transcripts of All Political Interviews

The Center for American Rights suggests the FCC could set some editorial conditions for CBS as part of its parent company’s planned merger with Skydance.

Trump’s FCC Warns Corporate Media and Telecoms to Drop DEI or Else.

Media and telecommunication companies that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) ideology will face increased scrutiny from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), with the agency potentially moving to block license transfers and acquisitions in accordance with President Donald J. Trump’s executive order barring DEI policies across the federal government. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says the agency will no longer approve merger …

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FCC Threatens Blocking Media Mergers Based on DEI Policies - The Pennsylvania Daily Star

Axios   The Federal Communications Commission is threatening to block media mergers based on corporate DEI policies. This creates new layers of complexity and uncertainty for dealmakers, and reflects how the Trump administration is willing to pull novel levers to end what most CEOs viewed as sensible policies until two months ago. FCC chair Brendan… The post FCC Threatens Blocking Media Mergers Based on DEI Policies appeared first on The Pennsyl…

FCC Threatens Blocking Media Mergers Based on DEI Policies | The Star News Network

Axios   The Federal Communications Commission is threatening to block media mergers based on corporate DEI policies. This creates new layers of complexity and uncertainty for dealmakers, and reflects how the Trump administration is willing to pull novel levers to end what most CEOs viewed as sensible policies until two months ago. FCC chair Brendan Carr tells Bloomberg that he only can “approve a transaction if we find that doing so serves the p…

FCC Chief Brendan Carr's Mission to Have Corporations Drop 'Invidious' Discrimination of DEI

Brendan Carr on Friday said that the agency would block corporate mergers if the companies promote "invidious" discrimination through DEI policies.