EPISODE · Aug 21, 2025 · 13 MIN
Transactional Corruption: Paramount’s Firing of Stephen Colbert Linked to FCC Approval of Corporate Merger
from WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet Podcast · host Scott Harris
Interview with Sydney Register, Press Secretary with the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, and Aaron Stephens, senior legislative strategist for P Street, conducted by Scott Harris.Sydney Register and Aaron Stephens discuss their group’s campaign targeting Paramount’s cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s contract on “The Late Show” as an example of Donald Trump’s transactional corruption vis-a-vis the company’s request for FCC approval of their $8 billion merger with Skydance. Register and Stephens also discuss PCCC’s response to the Trump regime and GOP’s unprecedented effort to gerrymander five congressional seats in Texas and possibly 8-10 seats in other states in advance of the 2026 mid-term election.
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Interview with Sydney Register, Press Secretary with the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, and Aaron Stephens, senior legislative strategist for P Street, conducted by Scott Harris.Sydney Register and Aaron Stephens discuss their group’s campaign targeting Paramount’s cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s contract on “The Late Show” as an example of Donald Trump’s transactional corruption vis-a-vis the company’s request for FCC approval of their $8 billion merger with Skydance. Register and Stephens also discuss PCCC’s response to the Trump regime and GOP’s unprecedented effort to gerrymander five congressional seats in Texas and possibly 8-10 seats in other states in advance of the 2026 mid-term election.
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Transactional Corruption: Paramount’s Firing of Stephen Colbert Linked to FCC Approval of Corporate Merger
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