2026年5月21日 上午10:16 UTC / 路透社
记者：大卫·谢泼德森
美国纽约市百老汇1515号派拉蒙办公室外的派拉蒙标识，2026年2月20日。路透社/吉娜·穆恩
华盛顿，5月21日（路透社）——六名民主党参议员组成的团体对派拉蒙与华纳兄弟探索公司拟议中的1110亿美元合并案中计划引入的外国持股利益表达了严重担忧，其中包括海湾国家主权财富基金。
上月，派拉蒙天鹰座传媒（Paramount Skydance）已请求美国联邦通信委员会（FCC）批准支持其收购华纳兄弟探索公司的外国投资。参议员们对中东主权财富基金和中国企业参与此次交易表示担忧。
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“敌视新闻自由与独立的外国政府可能会对这家对美国新闻业和文化至关重要的传媒集团施加前所未有的影响力，”由参议员玛丽亚·坎特韦尔、埃德·马基、本·雷·卢汉等人签署的致联邦通信委员会主席布伦丹·卡尔的信件中写道。路透社获悉该信件于周三晚间发出。
坎特韦尔是负责监督联邦通信委员会的参议院商务委员会的民主党最高议员，其他签署该信件的议员均为该委员会成员。
参议员们指出，此次交易涉及沙特阿拉伯、卡塔尔和阿布扎比的主权财富基金对一家将控有哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）电视台以及包括美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）在内的主要有线新闻业务的公司进行投资。他们还援引报道称，中国腾讯也可能参与其中。
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合并后的公司将涵盖CBS旗下的28家电视台、派拉蒙的影视节目以及CNN、HBO和其他媒体资产。
派拉蒙首席执行官大卫·埃利森的家族将继续持有控股权，该公司在寻求豁免权的备案文件中表示。
卡尔周三对记者表示，联邦通信委员会已就派拉蒙的申请征求公众意见，该交易还将受到美国外国投资委员会（CFIUS）的审查，这是一个由财政部牵头的跨部门委员会，负责审查外国投资带来的国家安全风险。
“我们敦促你对派拉蒙引入的外国投资、其对编辑独立性的影响以及对美国国家安全的 implications 进行严格且彻底的审查，”参议员们在信中写道。
联邦通信委员会没有立即就该信件置评。
派拉蒙去年表示，沙特阿拉伯公共投资基金（PIF）、总部位于阿布扎比的利马德控股公司（L’imad Holding Company）以及卡塔尔投资局（QIA）已同意支持其收购华纳兄弟的提议。
参议员们询问沙特、阿联酋和卡塔尔的主权财富基金以及腾讯向联邦通信委员会提供了何种具体保证，“以确保它们不会试图影响派拉蒙的编辑、新闻或内容决策”。
去年7月，联邦通信委员会批准了CBS母公司派拉蒙与天鹰座传媒的合并交易。
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Democratic senators raise alarm over foreign investment in Paramount, Warner Bros merger
May 21, 2026 10:16 AM UTC / Reuters
By David Shepardson
Paramount sign outside their offices at 1515 Broadway in New York City, U.S., February 20, 2026. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) – A group of six Democratic senators have expressed serious concerns about planned foreign ownership interests, including from Gulf sovereign wealth funds, in the proposed $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery merger.
Last month, Paramount Skydance asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve foreign investments backing its acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery. The senators raised concerns about Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds and Chinese companies taking part.
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“Foreign governments hostile to a free and independent press could exert unprecedented influence over a media conglomerate vital to American journalism and culture,” said a letter signed by Senators Maria Cantwell, Ed Markey, Ben Ray Lujan and others to FCC Chair Brendan Carr, seen by Reuters and sent late on Wednesday.
Cantwell is the top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee which oversees the FCC, and other signatories of the letter are members of the committee.
The senators noted the deal involves sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi investing in a company that would control CBS stations, as well as major cable news operations including CNN. They also cited reports that China’s Tencent could also take part.
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The combined firm would include the 28 television stations owned by CBS, the movies and television shows of Paramount, and CNN, HBO, and other media properties.
The family of Paramount CEO David Ellison will continue to control voting shares, the company said in its filing seeking a waiver.
Carr told reporters Wednesday the FCC had sought public comment on Paramount’s request and that it would also be reviewed by CFIUS, a Treasury-led interagency committee that vets foreign investments for national security risks.
“We urge you to conduct a rigorous and thorough review of the foreign investment in Paramount, its impact on editorial independence, and its implications for U.S. national security,” the senators wrote.
The FCC did not immediately comment on the letter.
Paramount said last year that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), Abu Dhabi-based L’imad Holding Company, and Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) had agreed to back its proposed takeover of Warner Bros.
The senators asked what specific assurances had been provided by the Saudi, Emirati, and Qatari sovereign wealth funds and Tencent to the FCC “that they will not attempt to influence the editorial, journalistic, or content decisions at Paramount.”
Last July, the FCC approved CBS-parent Paramount’s tie-up with Skydance Media.
Reporting by David Shepardson Editing by Tomasz Janowski and Susan Fenton
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