CBS’ parent company, Paramount, is in merger talks with Skydance. Mergers must be approved by the federal government. (I thought it was the FTC, but I see the FCC mentioned in articles about this … don’t want to dig into the weeds here. The feds must approve.)
This used to be done by a theoretically impartial board which would make decisions based on benefit to the public. Now there isn’t even a pretense of caring about the public good. If Trump is happy with the tribute he receives, the merger will go through. If he’s upset, it won’t.
Yeah, CBS already folded and paid a huge fine as a “settlement” to a lawsuit they could almost certainly have won in court, but when you’re trying to appease a mob boss you just have to keep paying.
It’s true that putting the end date for Colbert a year out isn’t as extreme an appeasement than just pulling him off the air, but there are many factors involved. The mob boss has declared that he is pleased with the outcome, so mission accomplished.
ellison, or whatever his name is the ceo of skydance, he wouldnt want colbert on his networks. it does make sense they also wouldnt wanted nutrek to be part of the network too(right wingers HATE star trek), even if it was costing P+ alot of money to host these shows, the trumper wouldve cancelled anyways.
CBS’ parent company, Paramount, is in merger talks with Skydance. Mergers must be approved by the federal government. (I thought it was the FTC, but I see the FCC mentioned in articles about this … don’t want to dig into the weeds here. The feds must approve.)
This used to be done by a theoretically impartial board which would make decisions based on benefit to the public. Now there isn’t even a pretense of caring about the public good. If Trump is happy with the tribute he receives, the merger will go through. If he’s upset, it won’t.
Yeah, CBS already folded and paid a huge fine as a “settlement” to a lawsuit they could almost certainly have won in court, but when you’re trying to appease a mob boss you just have to keep paying.
It’s true that putting the end date for Colbert a year out isn’t as extreme an appeasement than just pulling him off the air, but there are many factors involved. The mob boss has declared that he is pleased with the outcome, so mission accomplished.
It wasn’t a fine, it was a “donation” to Trump presidential library. It’s completely different
A fine implies that the money goes to the government, but here goes directly in Trump’s hands
Also Skydance’s owner is a Trump ally
ellison, or whatever his name is the ceo of skydance, he wouldnt want colbert on his networks. it does make sense they also wouldnt wanted nutrek to be part of the network too(right wingers HATE star trek), even if it was costing P+ alot of money to host these shows, the trumper wouldve cancelled anyways.