Paramount Global eliminates DEI programs to secure FCC merger approval
Thursday, July 24, 2025
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Paramount Global eliminated all DEI programs to secure FCC approval of its $8 billion merger with Skydance Media. In a July 22 letter to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, Skydance confirmed Paramount Global would dismantle its Office of Global Inclusion, remove all DEI-focused roles, stop setting diversity hiring goals, and eliminate DEI from compensation metrics. The FCC approved the merger two days later. Carr called it 'another step forward in the FCC's efforts to eliminate invidious forms of DEI discrimination.'
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The FCC has no authority over corporate diversity programs, as FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks said so before resigning. The administration used its authority over media mergers to advance an unrelated social agenda. Paramount Global could have challenged this overreach or walked away from the merger. Instead, they complied with demands that had no legal basis, establishing a precedent that companies will comply with unlawful demands to win regulatory favor.