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Exhibit 952

Memorandum Opinion and Order, Applications for Consent to the Transfer of Control of Paramount Global, FCC 25-43, MB Docket No. 24-275 (with Gomez dissent)

Exhibit 952 · Agency order

Memorandum Opinion and Order, Applications for Consent to the Transfer of Control of Paramount Global, FCC 25-43, MB Docket No. 24-275 (with Gomez dissent)

Finally, to promote transparency and increased accountability, Skydance will have in place, for a period of at least two years, an ombudsman who reports to the President of New Paramount, and who will receive and evaluate any complaints of bias or other concerns involving CBS.

Commission order (2-1) granting the transfer to New Paramount. Records that the Center for American Rights asked for release of the complete Harris interview transcript and a viewpoint-diversity commitment and that CBS/Skydance did both (para. 35); records Skydance’s 22 July 2025 letter committing to viewpoint diversity, ending DEI initiatives and an ombudsman (paras. 58-59); leaves the news-distortion proceeding open (para. 35). Commissioner Gomez dissented. The order does not mention the Trump v. CBS settlement.

Source
Federal Communications Commission
Date
24 July 2025
Quoted from
Para. 59
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-25-43A1.pdf
Accessed
2026-11-10
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit

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Finding INF-1.13
Primary record The FCC's 2011 order approving Comcast's acquisition of NBCUniversal made a journalistic-independence policy, extended to the influence of each of Comcast-NBCU's owners, a condition of approval. The FCC's 2025 order approving the transfer of Paramount to Skydance recites Skydance's commitments to an ombudsman for CBS for at least two years and to viewpoint diversity, and records that CBS/Skydance released the complete interview transcript that a petitioner had requested.
Finding INF-1.14
Reported On 1 July 2025 Paramount announced that it would pay $16 million to settle President Trump's suit over a "60 Minutes" interview, with no apology and a commitment to release transcripts of future interviews with presidential candidates. The FCC approved the Skydance transfer on 24 July 2025, and its order does not mention the settlement.