Skydance’s $8 billion acquisition of Paramount Global closed after FCC approval with controversial conditions. The merger included commitments to hire a CBS ombudsman and explicit agreements about media representation, reflecting ongoing tensions in media regulation and political influence.
Interior Inspector General Mark Greenblatt, who was originally appointed by Trump in his first term, told CBS News he was “stunned” by his Friday night firing on January 24, 2025. Greenblatt said “It’s very bizarre” and questioned the motives, offering two …
NBC’s reality competition show “The Apprentice” premieres on January 8, 2004, drawing 18.5 million viewers and scoring the highest adult 18-49 rating for any preview or premiere of any new television series in a year. Producer Mark Burnett successfully transforms Trump from …
The New York Times publishes an investigative piece by John Markoff exposing the full scope of the Pentagon’s Total Information Awareness (TIA) program, a $240 million initiative that aims to create unprecedented mass surveillance capabilities by mining personal data from financial …
Joint congressional hearings on the Iran-Contra affair begin, launching seven weeks of televised testimony that becomes the most-watched series of congressional hearings since the Senate Watergate Committee hearings in 1973. The House Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with …