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Promise to Kill DEI, and Trump’s FCC Will Approve Anything. Verizon's $20 billion deal to buy Frontier got approved once the company agreed to end DEI programs.
Verizon's $20 billion deal to buy Frontier got approved once the company agreed to end DEI programs.
One of Carr’s early actions as head of the regulatory agency was to launch a probe into Verizon’s diversity, equity, and inclusion polices. Paramount, which is in the process of trying to complete a merger with Skydance and needs FCC sign-off, told staff it would end its own DEI policies in order to acquiesce to the demands of the Trump administration. So, if you have any business in front of the Trump administration, don’t worry about whether your deal might result in market consolidation that may ultimately harm consumers.
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