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Feb 1, 2025 Paramount Global dismantled diversity hiring programs under pressure ahead of an FCC merger decision Tier 1 · Primary Economic Structure
A media company rolling back diversity initiatives to win regulatory approval for a merger shows how administrative leverage can be used to compel ideological compliance from private business.
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- Paramount dismantles DEI programs under FCC pressure — In February 2025, Paramount Global issued an internal memo instructing employees that it would not "set or use aspirational numerical goals related to the race, ethnicity, sex or gender of hires" and would redirect DEI funding to other programs. This followed FCC Chairman Carr's March message to media companies seeking FCC approval, encouraging them to "get busy ending any sort of their invidious forms of DEI discrimination." The dismantling of diversity initiatives was undertaken to improve Paramount's chances of FCC approval for its merger with Skydance Media.
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Week 3 – 2025-02-01–2025-02-07
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