FCC chair pleased with Skydance vow to make changes at CBS

July 24 (Reuters) - The chair of the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday he is pleased with commitments Skydance has made to make serious changes at CBS under a proposed merger with Paramount, but said the agency has not made a decision on the tie-up.

CBS parent Paramount needs approval from the FCC for an $8.4-billion merger with Skydance Media. FCC Chair Brendan Carr said after a commission meeting the agency continues to review the deal and praised commitments to end diversity programs a policy manager. Paramount has agreed to have am ombudsman in place for at least two years to evaluate complaints about bias in CBS News programming.