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Media Bureau Opens Skydance/Paramount Pleading Cycle

Petitions to deny Skydance’s proposed $8 billion purchase of Paramount Global and its 28 CBS-owned TV stations are due Oct. 7 in docket 24-275, said an FCC public notice Friday establishing a pleading cycle for filings on the deal. Oppositions…

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to the petitions are due Oct. 27, replies Nov. 1. Announced in July (see 2407080025), the transaction isn’t expected to run into regulatory hurdles. Paramount has said the deal is expected to close by September 2025.