FCC Clears $8bn Skydance-Paramount Merger
An $8bn (5.9bn) merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media has been approved by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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So the apparent bribe was successful?
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-25 02:17 PM | Reply
So the check to Taco cleared.
#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-07-25 02:23 PM | Reply
Lewzer's "fee" was only 0.2% of the cost of the merger. Not much of a deal for the world's greatest dealmaker.
#3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-07-25 02:30 PM | Reply
He killed Colbert's show Redial, lolz.
#4 | Posted by Bluewaffles at 2025-07-25 04:24 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
He killed Colbert's show
And?
#5 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-07-25 05:01 PM | Reply
That was clearly part of the deal, even I'll admit that.
#6 | Posted by Bluewaffles at 2025-07-25 05:38 PM | Reply
" He killed Colbert's show "
Then how have I seen multiple new shows this week?
Fact is, if CBS was burning through cash and wanted him off the air ... they could've done it last week. Leaving him on is a (not-so) subtle middle finger to the current administration.
#7 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-07-25 06:25 PM | Reply
#6 | Posted by Bluewaffles
You're so proud of blatant corruption.
South Park missed that. MAGAts cheering on the corruption and Satan fucking. You'd be in there with a camera jerking off at the two going at it. So would the rest of MAGA.
#8 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-07-25 06:32 PM | Reply
Yikes Syco, do you ever stop to think first before typing?
#9 | Posted by Bluewaffles at 2025-07-25 06:38 PM | Reply
@#7 ... Leaving him on is a (not-so) subtle middle finger to the current administration. ...
Probably part of the ~negotiations~ that took place to clear the path for the deal.
#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-25 06:44 PM | Reply
Nobody should seriously consider canceling Paramount and then downloading a torrent download program like etorrent and then going to thepiratebay and downloading for free any content from paramount or skydance or CBS. Because to do so would be illegal and wrong. And if you do do that, make sure that to protect yourself from getting caught, use a robust VPN program like NordVPN to protect your privacy. Now nobody should consider this because it would be illegal and wrong.
Note, if you do do this, there would be no commercials and you could watch programs on your timeline. Oh, and nearly all modern TVs have a flash drive imput for transfers from your computer.
But again, don't do this.
#11 | Posted by prius04 at 2025-07-25 07:51 PM | Reply
Or you could just watch it on a foreign web site that streams it. In that case it's not illegal at all, at least for the downloaders.
#12 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-07-25 08:05 PM | Reply
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