FCC Approves Paramount-Skydance Deal
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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr was asked to respond to criticisms of the Trump administration's intervention in the free press.
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When the FCC approved the Paramount-Skydance merger Thursday, one commissioner blasted the decision, calling it an act of “ cowardly capitulation ” on behalf of Paramount and warning that this could lead to a further “erosion of our First Amendment protections.”
Skydance Media has made additional promises to the FCC in an effort to get approval for its $8 billion merger with Paramount Global.
The Trump administration approved the sale of CBS' parent company Paramount to Skydance. Puck founding partner Matthew Belloni joins Katy Tur to explain more on the details of this $8 billion merger and to react to "South Park" making fun of Trump and Paramount.