(Reuters) -Paramount Skydance on Monday named Kenneth Weinstein as ombudsman for CBS News, a newly created role aimed at monitoring bias and audience complaints.

The appointment fulfills a condition set by U.S. regulators when the Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 in late July to approve Skydance Media’s $8.4 billion merger with Paramount, which required hiring an ombudsman to review complaints.

In 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump nominated Weinstein to be U.S. ambassador to Japan, but the nomination expired without a full Senate confirmation. He is currently the Japan chair at the conservative Hudson Institute.

He has served under four U.S. administrations on federal advisory boards, including as chair of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, now the U.S. Agency for Global Me

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