New Pleading Cycle Set in Paramount Global/Skydance Deal

Changes to applications concerning the $8 billion Paramount Global/Skydance Media deal constitute major amendments that warrant a further pleading cycle, the FCC Media Bureau said Friday in docket 24-275. Revised petitions to deny are due Dec. 16, with revised oppositions to petitions due Jan. 2 and revised replies Jan. 13. The bureau said changes to the applications indicate Skydance CEO David Ellison would hold voting control over the corporate entities that ultimately would run the combined companies. The initial pleading cycle saw arguments from labor unions for labor-related conditions on any license transfer approvals (see 2410080033).