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Brendan Carr’s FCC is more worried about who The View interviews than foreign governments owning Paramount

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Updated Original reporting: The Verge

What happened

The FCC has announced it's waiving its rules limiting foreign equity ownership to 25 percent in the Paramount-Warner Bros. case and will allow three sovereign wealth funds run by the governments of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi to own 49.

Key facts

  • The FCC has announced it's waiving its rules limiting foreign equity ownership to 25 percent in the Paramount-Warner Bros. case and will allow three sovereign wealth funds run by the governments of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi to own 49.
  • Reported by The Verge and published Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:12:41 UTC.

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Platform, chip and AI decisions set the terms other companies have to build on, so a single announcement here tends to ripple through products, supply chains and regulation.

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  1. Brendan Carr’s FCC is more worried about who The View interviews than foreign governments owning Paramount

  2. US Treasuries Have Become Unappetizing for Foreign Central Banks and Governments

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