Paramount Global announced in a memo sent to its employees on February 27, 2025, that it would end several diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, including aspirational numerical hiring goals and the collection of non-mandatory demographic data, in compliance with President Trump's executive order. This marks a rollback of longstanding DEI efforts that had previously supported marginalized groups.

On February 27, 2025, Paramount Global announced via an internal memo that it would end several diversity, equity, and inclusion policies—including aspirational numerical hiring goals and data collection for U.S. job applicants—in order to comply with President Trump’s executive order. This marks a reversal of the company’s previous commitment to DEI initiatives and signals a problematic alignment with authoritarian directives.

Paramount Pictures announced it is rolling back its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, as mandated by the Trump administration. The decision was communicated in a memo from Paramount's co-CEOs, stating that the company would no longer set aspirational numerical goals for hiring and would limit data collection on applicant demographics in states where it is legally required. This move comes amid the company's pursuit of FCC approval for its merger with Skydance.

Paramount Pictures reversed several of its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives—including setting hiring targets and linking DEI metrics to incentive plans—in order to comply with an executive order from the Trump administration ahead of its pending merger with Skydance.

Paramount Global announced a rollback of its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs to comply with directives from the Trump administration. The company will no longer set aspirational numerical goals related to race, ethnicity, sex, or gender and is also adjusting its short-term incentive plan away from DEI metrics.

Paramount Pictures' collaboration with Skydance, partially financed by Tencent's investment, is under U.S. regulatory review amid concerns that the partnership could lead to self-censorship influenced by Chinese political sensitivities.

The repeal of the Paramount Decrees, effective in August 2022 after a sunsetting period from the formal repeal in 2020, has set the stage for major studios like Paramount Pictures to consolidate market power. This deregulation is seen as detrimental to independent producers and democratic industry practices.

Following the U.S. Supreme Court decision on May 3, 1948, Paramount Pictures became one of the first major studios to divest its theater chains. This compliance reduced monopolistic control in Hollywood, helping to dismantle concentration of economic power and promote a competitive market structure.