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Paramount-Skydance Deal And Other Mergers Could Be Blocked Over DEI Policies, FCC Chief Brendan Carr Says
Paramount Global and other companies trying to gain the government's blessing for mergers must eliminate DEI policies, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said.
Brendan CarrTom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Paramount Global, Verizon and any other companies trying to gain the government’s blessing for mergers should eliminate policies aimed at promoting diversity, equity and inclusion. Paramount last month joined the list, with its Co-CEOs telling employees that the company would no longer measure “success in progress on companywide DEI initiatives, including aspirational representation goals.” After a conservative group filed a “news distortion” complaint about varying edits of an interview of former Vice President Kamala Harris last fall, Carr has said the matter would factor into the merger review.
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