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08/26/2025

FCC Chair Calls Paramount-Skydance Review Routine

When it comes to the FCC’s review of the Paramount-Skydance transaction, it was standard operating procedure, according to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.

By Cablefax Staff

Found in: 60 Minutes / Brendan Carr / CBS / FCC / Paramount / Paramount Skydance merger / Richard Blumenthal / Skydance
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08/26/2025

CAR Still Has CBS Concerns

Speaking of the Paramount news ombudsman, the Center for American Rights isn’t staying silent now that the Paramount-Skydance deal has wrapped. The non-profit public interest law firm filed a news distortion

By Cablefax Staff

Found in: 60 Minutes / CBS / Center for American Rights / Journalism / News / Paramount
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08/25/2025

More Reply Comments in FCC Media Ownership Docket

Reply comments continued to pour in Friday for the FCC’s proceeding on whether it should revisit its 39% national audience cap for broadcasters.

By Cablefax Staff

Found in: Altafiber / American Television Alliance / FCC / Media Action Center / Media and Democracy Project / Media Ownership / NBCU / NCTA / Nexstar

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08/25/2025

Carr Says ‘Go Yankees’

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr may be an Orioles-turned-Nationals fan, but he’s getting quite familiar with another team and its RSN.

By Cablefax Staff

Found in: Brendan Carr / Comcast / FCC / Randy Levine / YES
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08/22/2025

Groups Get Their Media Ownership Takes In

Nexstar and TEGNA agreeing to merge was a fitting precursor to Friday’s deadline to submit reply comments in the FCC’s review of TV ownership rules.

By Noah Ziegler

Found in: Broadcast / broadcaster ownership / charter / Cox / FCC / Media Ownership / NAB / national audience cap / NCTA / Newsmax / Nexstar / TEGNA
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08/21/2025

Dems Open Investigation Into Paramount-Skydance

A pair of House Democrats are throwing a challenge flag on the Skydance and Paramount merger.

By Cablefax Staff

Found in: Donald Trump / Paramount / Frank Pallone Jr / Jamie Raskin / David Ellison / Skydance / Paramount Skydance merger

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