FCC order left the CBS complaint open and rejected an unsupported control claim
Reporting and findings
- documented
FCC 25-43, issued under Trump-designated Chairman Brendan Carr, said the separate CBS news-distortion proceeding remained open and was not prejudged by the merger order; it also found no substantial and material question of fact on an allegation that Skydance had prematurely assumed control, because the objector supplied no specific factual evidence.
- Federal Communications Commission: Applications for Consent to the Transfer of Control of Paramount Global, FCC 25-43Footnote 147 and paragraph 37, pages 17-18
- The White House: President Trump Designates Chairmen and Acting ChairmenJanuary 20, 2025 designation of Brendan Carr as FCC chairman
Summary and current status
The majority order did not decide the separate news-distortion proceeding and found the submitted record insufficient to establish premature Skydance control.
Merger order did not adjudicate the separate news-distortion complaint
People and organizations
- Paramount Skydance Corporationparties to unsupported premature-control allegation
- Donald J. Trumppresident who designated the FCC chair issuing the order
- Federal Communications Commissionregulator defining the order's limits
- CBS Newssubject of separate open news-distortion proceeding
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. TrumpTrump-designated chair's order preserved separate CBS caseFederal Communications Commission
- Donald J. Trumpseparate news-distortion proceeding remained openCBS News
- Donald J. Trumppremature-control allegation rejected on submitted recordParamount Skydance Corporation