Paramount Rejected UFC Ad Critical Of Merger

Paramount Rejected UFC Ad Critical Of Merger

The Guardian reports: Paramount Skydance refused to air an ad submitted by a press freedom group that heavily criticized the network’s leadership and merger with Warner Bros Discovery, with an advertising associate deeming it a “conflict of interest”. The Freedom of the Press Foundation had hoped to air the 30-second ad during Sunday’s UFC broadcast at the White House, which aired on the streaming service Paramount+. “Instead of defending press …

Paramount Refused to Air an Ad Criticizing Its Merger With Warner Bros.

The commercial was submitted by the Freedom of the Press Foundation to run during Donald Trump’s UFC event. It criticized the $111 billion merger as a threat to the First Amendment.

Press Freedom Group Decries Paramount's Rejection of Its WBD Ad

Paramount+ rejected an advertisement that would have criticized Paramount Skydance's purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery, Freedom of the Press Foundation said Tuesday. The group said its ad was to run during Paramount+ carriage of the UFC event Sunday on the...

Freedom of the Press Foundation says Paramount refused to air an ad criticizing Paramount's merger with WBD during the stream of the UFC White House event (Miles Klee/Wired)

Miles Klee / Wired: Freedom of the Press Foundation says Paramount refused to air an ad criticizing Paramount's merger with WBD during the stream of the UFC White House event  —  The commercial was submitted by the Freedom of the Press Foundation to run during Donald Trump's UFC event.

Paramount Refused To Air Ad Criticizing Its Merger With Warner Bros.

The commercial was submitted by the Freedom of the Press Foundation to run during Donald Trump’s UFC event. It criticized the $111 billion merger as a threat to the First Amendment.

Paramount Rejects Critical Trump Ad

If you didn’t think that CBS’s parent company was in bed with Donald Trump, you might want to hear what the Freedom of the Press Foundation is claiming. The orginization says that Paramount+ rejected a 30-second advocacy advertisement calling attention to President Donald Trump’s pattern of meddling in media transactions to extract favorable editorial coverage.The organization had purchased airtime to run the ad on the streaming platform during …