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

https://mins.news/en/item/64470

- The Verge, 2026-09-18 15:12 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theverge.com/policy/997416/brendan-carr-fcc-foreign-governments-paramount

> The FCC is waiving its 25 percent foreign-equity limit in the Paramount-Warner Bros. case, allowing sovereign wealth funds run by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi to hold 49.5 percent of the company. The commission says the shares lack voting rights, but Free Press and Democrats argue that such a large investment could still give repressive governments influence over American media.

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