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Claim

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The FCC's sole Democratic commissioner objected to the concessions made to secure the merger's approval.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement
The FCC's sole Democratic commissioner objected to the concessions made to secure the merger's approval.
Field
status
Value
Commissioner Gomez dissents
About
incident 2025-fcc-approves-paramount-skydance-with-ombudsman-condition
Source
FCC approves Paramount-Skydance merger
Publisher
CBS News
Method
outlet report
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current
Source date
2025-07-24

Quotation from the source

I cannot support this order approving this transaction in light of the payout and other troubling concessions Paramount made to settle a baseless lawsuit.