Stephen Colbert wasn’t CBS’s 1st satirical sacrifice
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When do we stop calling Colbert's 'Late Show' cancellation 'just a business decision' and start calling it slow, strategic silencing of critics?
Stephen Colbert’s show is being canceled just as a major media merger requiring Trump administration approval moves forward, raising fears of political pressure on the press. On Morning Joe, Molly Jong-Fast calls the moment “really scary” and points to a broader fight: Rupert Murdoch,
CBS cancelled "Late Night with Stephen Colbert" in a move that Senator Elizabeth Warren has criticized as potentially being done for political reasons, following Colbert's public criticism of Paramount Global's $16 million settlement with President Trump.
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CBS’ decision to cut ties with Stephen Colbert and its decades-old “Late Show” franchise come next May will leave a major hole in the format — but one that has been widening. TV networks have been cutting costs at their late-night mainstays for the past few years.
Skydance Media has officially received regulatory clearance from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to proceed with its $8 billion acquisition of Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
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The East and West Coast branches of the union conveyed concerns that the move may be “sacrificing free speech to curry favor with the Trump Administration.”
Stephen Colbert s testimony before a House Judiciary subcommittee Friday drew laughs and complaints and attracted plenty of people to the hearing room. But some lawmakers said that instead of ...