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Report Blasts Major Media Companies as `Complicit’ in Attacks on Civil Rights

By George Winslow Published

In a detailed analysis of the 35 most dominant U.S. media companies, Free Press' report reveals a disturbing reversal on prior civil-rights commitments

Regulatory & Legal
Scott Warren
CBS Stations Promotes Scott Warren to Regional President, GM of Northern California

By George Winslow Published

Broadcast
ARLINGTON, TX - NOVEMBER 27: Dallas Cowboys wide receiver George Pickens (3) catches a two-point conversion during the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Kansas City Chiefs on November 27, 2025 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Nielsen: NFL Thanksgiving Games Score Big Audiences

By Phil Kurz Published

Ratings Ratings firm says CBS’s Cowboys-Chiefs game was the most-watched regular season game in league history

Ratings
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Ex-FCC Chairs Petition Agency to Stop Threatening ‘Broadcasters’ Free Speech’

By George Winslow Published

Crackdown on ‘news distortion’ in broadcast coverage ‘allows the government to threaten censorship of speech it doesn't like,’ says Reagan-era FCC chief Mark Fowler

FCC
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 19: Bari Weiss speaks onstage during Book Club Event With Peggy Noonan on November 19, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for The Free Press)
Paramount to Acquire Free Press, Names Co-Founder Bari Weiss Editor-in-Chief of CBS News

By George Winslow Published

Weiss will report directly to chairman and CEO David Ellison as he moves to put his stamp on the division

Mergers & Acquisitions
Shot of the host of the Emmys Nate Bargatze with an Emmy
77th Emmy Awards on CBS Deliver Largest Audience Since 2021

By George Winslow Published

TV viewing was up by 8% from last year to 7.42 million

Trends
The Paramount Global headquarters in New York, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. Producer David Ellison's Skydance Media is set to become the new owner of Paramount Global after Seagram Co. heir Edgar Bronfman Jr. dropped out, ending one of the industry's most dramatic acquisition contests. Photographer: Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Skydance to FCC: Paramount Will End DEI, Impose Controls to Ensure ‘Unbiased Journalism’

By George Winslow Published

Business Chair Brendan Carr applauds promises to create an ombudsman for CBS News; Democrat Anna Gomez says New Paramount will ‘cowardly capitulate’ to ‘agency's ideological demands’

Business
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 13: Signage for the CBS Broadcast Center is displayed outside the building on August 13, 2019 in New York City. Following years of on-and-off talks and negotiations, CBS and Viacom have agreed to merge. The new company will be called ViacomCBS, and Viacom CEO Bob Bakish will be the CEO of the new combined company. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
CBS Affiliates Urge FCC to Impose Merger Conditions That Strengthen Stations

By George Winslow Published

Cox, Sinclair and Gray executives ask agency to consider affiliate fees, vMVPD retrans negotiations in approving the Paramount-Skydance tie-up

FCC
Kamala Harris 60 minutes interview
Paramount Settles Trump Lawsuit for $16 Million

By George Winslow Published

In the settlement, CBS did not apologize for the way ‘60 Minutes’ edited an interview with Kamala Harris during the presidential campaign

Business
CBS Texas AR/VR studio being used for a weather forecast.
CBS Stations Launches New AR/VR Studio In Texas

By George Winslow Published

Rollout marks the eighth market where the station group has launched AR/VR technologies for weather and news

Case Studies
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