Longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Steve Kroft, now retired, dished on how his former colleagues are handling their parent company’s $16 million settlement with President Donald Trump over an ...

A second 90-day extension on Paramount Global’s proposed merger with David Ellison ’s Skydance Media was triggered yesterday (July 7), giving regulators, company executives and the Federal ...

Paramount Global’s agreement to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit brought by President Trump over a “60 Minutes” interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris is reverberating across ...

Paramount Global, the parent of CBS and MTV, must clear one more big hurdle to complete its sale to independent film and TV producer David Ellison. The Federal Communications Commission must ...

A Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission called Paramount's $16 million settlement to resolve a lawsuit filed by U.S. President Donald Trump over a CBS News' 60 Minutes interview ...

Paramount needs approval from the FCC for an $8.4-billion merger with Skydance Media. FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez said the settlement over an entirely "meritless" lawsuit "now casts a long shadow ...

The FCC has to review the transfer of broadcast licenses like those held by CBS and other media companies. Disney and Fox’s speedy merger was an outlier in 2018, gaining FCC approval in six months.

In March 2025, Markey and Luján, along with Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), also introduced the Broadcast Freedom and Independence Act, legislation that would prohibit the FCC from revoking broadcast ...

Paramount Global will be “a melting ice cube” if its pending $8 billion merger with Skydance Media doesn’t close, former FCC commissioner Rob McDowell cautioned Thursday.

Former FCC Commissioner and Cooley LLP Partner Rob McDowell warned on Thursday that Paramount Global will be a “melting ice cube” if its pending $8 billion merger with Skydance Media fails to ...

Paramount has not revised its guidance on when it expects the deal to close — but the contractual deadline is early October. As part of its proxy statement, the company again detailed the ...