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dotconnectinga Avatar Melissa Hallman @dotconnectinga on x 10.4K followers Created: 2025-07-24 18:52:23 UTC

MOAR: Skydance Media has made a series of new commitments to eliminate bias in news and entertainment programming at CBS and its parent company, Paramount, when its planned acquisition of the companies is complete. Skydance is also confirming the "elimination" of all "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion" policies and initiatives at Paramount, which had been one of the most aggressive proponents of DEI in the entertainment business.

Should the Trump administration, as expected, approve the transaction, Skydance now says it will launch a "comprehensive review of CBS" focused on bias, as well as appoint an "ombudsman" to "evaluate complaints of bias or other concerns involving CBS," and eliminate Paramount's controversial Office of Global Inclusion.

Skydance laid out the moves in two letters it sent to Carr on Tuesday. The first letter addresses "concerns about media bias" at CBS and pledges to "ensure that CBS's reporting is fair, unbiased, and fact-based." The second outlines Skydance's "commitments going forward" to "promote non-discrimination and equal employment opportunity."

Skydance's DEI-related letter, meanwhile, touts existing changes at Paramount that have eliminated or modified DEI initiatives. The changes were made under pressure from the Trump administration, which has been putting similar pressure on Disney and Comcast, two of Paramount’s biggest competitors, who have also pursued aggressive DEI policies, especially in the last five years.

Going forward, the Skydance letter says, Paramount "no longer will maintain an Office of Global Inclusion," will "not have any teams or individual roles focused on DEI," and will remove "references to DEI in its public messaging, including on its websites and social media."

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