The Trump administration approved Skydance Media’s $8 billion acquisition of Paramount, parent company of CBS News, according to NBC News. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said the deal would bring needed change to CBS, citing declining public trust in legacy news. Skydance agreed to forgo DEI programs and appoint an ombudsman for a period of at least two years. Paramount settled a $16 million lawsuit with Trump, who claimed CBS manipulated a "60 Minutes" interview with Kamala Harris to interfere with the election. FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez denounced the approval as politically driven and warned of First Amendment violations. Skydance’s David Ellison, son of Trump ally Larry Ellison, pledged a shift toward “unbiased” programming and “American storytelling.”
