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Federal government regulators approve a merger of $ 8 billion between Paramount and Skydance. Jerome Powell pushes back during the visit of Donald Trump to the headquarters of the Federal Reserve. And the woman behind the viral soundbit “jet2 Holiday” is surprised by her popularity.
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The merger of $ 8 billion in paramount with Skydance is approved
The Federal Communications Commission said that it had approved the offer of $ 8 billion in Skydance Media to acquire the parent company of CBS News, Paramount, after Skydance made several dealerships to the Trump administration. The merger opens the way to a tectonic change of ownership of one of the three main American networks. The president of the FCC, Brendan Carr, said in a press release that this decision would make a change in the coverage of CBS News, saying that “the Americans would no longer trust the national media inherited to report entirely, with precision and fairly”.
Among the concessions that Skydance made with regulators, there was an agreement not to implement Dei programs. The company also said that it “undertakes a full exam” of CBS and would install a mediator for at least two years who will examine “bias complaints” at CBS News. Other companies that have $ 1 billion transactions under the FCC also fell to the Dei programs, notably Verizon and T-Mobile.
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Earlier this month, Paramount Global settled a trial with President Donald Trump for $ 16 million compared to a trial in which he alleged that the way CBS had published an “60-minute” interview with former vice-president Kamala Harris was “the election and interference of voters”.
And last week, CBS announced that he was canceling “The Late Show”, currently organized by Stephen Colbert, who had recently criticized the rules. CBS said the cancellation was “purely a financial decision against a difficult backdrop at the end of the evening”.
The only Democrat of FCC leaders, Commissioner Anna Gomez, criticized the pressure from the Trump administration to obtain promises of companies, including anti-dei measures. “Even more alarming,” said Gomez in a declaration sent by email, the FCC “now requires controls without sight on the decisions of the editorial room and the editorial judgment, in direct violation of the first amendment and the law.”
In addition to CBS News, Paramount assets include Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, The CW, MTV, BET and several film franchises. A few hours after Paramount announced Wednesday that the creators of “South Park” agreed to produce 50 new episodes in an agreement apparently evaluated at 1.5 billion dollars, creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker Excoried the company And aggressively embarked Trump in the first episode of The Comedy Central Show.
Powell repels during Trump’s visit to the Federal Reserve
Trump visited the headquarters of the federal reserve in the middle of the renovations in progress in the building, where the current renovations were the last possible pretext of the administration for the elimination of the president of the Fed Jerome Powell of his post. Bearing a helmet, the president said that the construction cost had increased to “around $ 3.1 billion”, against $ 2.5 billion. But Powell, standing next to Trump, replied: “I didn’t hear that.” After Trump gave him a piece of paper, Powell said the high cost that Trump was quoting a 5 -year project.
Trump’s visit to the federal reserve was notable not only because of his apparent dissatisfaction with Powell’s refusal to reduce interest rates, but also for his rarity. The last president to visit the Fed headquarters was George W. Bush in 2006. Before that, Gerald Ford went in 1975, and Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugurated the building in 1937.
Trump, who recently suggested last week that he could dismiss Powell, told journalists yesterday: “I don’t think it’s necessary” to fire him. When he was asked if there was something Powell could do to bring Trump to “back down,” said Trump, “lower rates”, when he slapped Powell’s back in a friendly way. Read the full story here.
More new policies:
- Deputy Prosecutor General Todd Blanche should meet for the second day with Ghislaine Maxwell, the long -standing accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein. But can we trust Maxwell to tell the truth about Epstein? His lawyer says yes, But his actions in the face of previous proceedings project doubts.
- Republican leaders are divided whether to extend the financing of the affordable care law This should expire at the end of the year could mean higher insurance premiums and millions of people losing health coverage.
- The allegations of the “betrayal” of the Trump administration against former President Barack Obama have forced former aids to understand How not to give too much oxygen to the affirmations Without letting them go without control.
- The United States is Cut short spales of ceasefies from Gaza After Hamas’ last response “shows a lack of desire” for an agreement, said Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff.
- Trump signed a decree Prohibit “third party, pay-for-play” payments For university athletes, after the alleged university transfer portal, has become a several million dollars market in recent years.
The world of struggle remembers Hulk Hogan
Hulk Hogan, the wrestler larger than life that brought the theatrical sporting genre to new summits of dominant popularity, died at the age of 71. Police in Clearwater, Florida, responded to a cardiac arrest call yesterday morning, according to a city press release, and was pronounced dead in a local hospital. Hogan’s manager said he died surrounded by relatives.
WWE celebrated the temple of fame as “one of the most recognizable figures in pop culture” and his compatriot of wrestling Ric Flair remembered him as a good friend who “was always there for me even when I did not ask him to be.”
Hogan has become a must in republican policy in recent years and appeared during the national republican convention last year. President Donald Trump and vice-president JD Vance both published statements. “One of the first people I never really admired when I was a child,” said Vance. Read the full story here.
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- More than 300 documents published a day after Bryan Kohberger was sentenced to perpetuity in the murders of four students from the Idaho University Reveal new details on macabre massacres.
- President Emmanuel Macron announced that France will recognize Palestine as a stateIn the midst of the growing overall anger of the lives of people who would die of hunger in Gaza. In a few hours, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States “firmly rejects” this decision.
- The prices eat in the profits of Toymakers and Auto Companies, with a blow of $ 1 billion in Hasbro just in the second quarter to a loss of $ 4 billion at $ 5 billion for the year for General Motors. Here’s how Other companies are doing well.
- The woman seen in the viral video of a couple trying to hide after being presented on a “kiss cam” during a COLDPLAY concert resigned from his work.
Choice of staff: Summer sound is not a song – it’s an advertisement
“Nothing beats Jet2.” If this sentence sounds a bell, congratulations to be extremely online. The audio of the announcement, mixed with the success of Jess Glynne in 2015 “Hold My Hand”, has become the same of summer, where users ironically juxtapose the soundbitis with images of chaotic holiday experiences.
But if you are wondering how the narrator of the British Airline ad felt its viral reputation, the producer Fiona Day that you have covered. Zoë Lister said she was absolutely amazed By how much the meme has resonated, especially in the United States
Even if you do not know anything about the meme, this story is a great look at the way the most harmless thing can end up changing someone’s life – even if it is only the sound of their voice. – Josh Feldmanplatform editor
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