The Daily Beast
Trump’s FCC Pick Threatens to Kill Skydance-Paramount Deal Over CBS
Incoming Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr threatened on Tuesday to upend Skydance’s planned merger with Paramount Global over CBS’ refusal to release the transcript of its 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris. Carr noted to Fox News host Dana Perino how the FCC gave broadcast networks “free access to a valuable public resource, the airwaves” in exchange that “they have to serve the public interest.” He then brought up a conservative watchdog’s complaint to the FCC over