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Lucas Manfredi is a TV Business reporter at TheWrap, writing about the programming, executives and trends in the television and streaming industries. Prior to joining the TheWrap in November 2022, he ...
The Federal Communications Commission launched an investigation into Disney over its controversial diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, as the agency intensifies its pushback against what ...
The Federal Communications Commission has launched an investigation into hiring practices at Disney and ABC to ensure neither is violating equal employment opportunity regulations through "DEI ...
Trump's FCC chairman, Brendan Carr, has notified CEO Bob Iger that he's investigating Disney and ABC's DEI programs.
Brendan Carr posted a letter to the entertainment company on X.
The FCC’s investigation into Disney is not the only one. It follows a similar probe into Comcast earlier this year and reflects the administration’s broader campaign to eliminate DEI ...
FCC chair Brendan Carr, after publicly musing that he might go after Disney over its diversity, equity and inclusion policies, made it official: The agency has opened a probe into DEI practices at ...
“I am concerned that their DEI practices may violate FCC prohibitions on invidious forms of discrimination.” Though Carr acknowledged that Disney has recently walked back some of its DEI ...
FCC chief says Disney’s diversity practices “may violate FCC prohibitions on invidious forms of discrimination.” ...
The move follows Disney earlier this year rolling back ... which was also accused by the FCC of maintaining illegal DEI policies. During his tenure as FCC chair, Carr has threatened to revoke ...
President Donald Trump’s FCC commissioner said Friday he’s opening an investigation into the Walt Disney Co. and its ABC television network to see whether they are “promoting invidious forms of DEI ...
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr sent Disney CEO Bob Iger a strongly worded letter informing him of the probe into whether the DEI initiatives violated the equal employment opportunity regulations at the ...