The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

Independent research. Not affiliated with any government, agency, or company.

Company

Paramount Global (New Paramount after 2025 transaction)

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • INF-1.13: 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.
  • INF-1.14: 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.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 952 24 July 2025. Federal Communications Commission: 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 956 2 July 2025. CBS News: Paramount, President Trump reach $16 million settlement over “60 Minutes” lawsuit