A while ago, skydance media made a bid to buy paramount, which would include all of its holdings, movie library, CBS, and all other streaming.
The FCC under Biden said "no thanks," because this would create a huge problem in terms of freedom of the press and create a sort of monopoly.
But, David Ellison - ceo of skydance - is a huuuge supporter of Trumps, and shortly after Trump got elected, Ellison managed to convince CBS to apologize to Trump for whatever they said that aggrieved him, and got Colbert fired, essentially for insubordination.
And then Trumps FCC approved the merger, making Ellison the biggest media mogul. And now he can control what paramount delivers. Which is bad for all of us.
At least for now, we can take solace in the fact that over the air media, streaming "news" and such are less important to most people, as options pop up on the Internet all the time.
*for now is noted because the Feds want very badly to restrict what we can access on the internet, and to track us if we're seeing things they don't approve of. And don't sleep on the fact that "oracle wants to buy TikTok" because David's father, Larry, was the ceo of oracle and still has a lot of pull there. So expect that platform to change somewhat quietly, too.
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