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Disney Shareholders Demand Documents Related to Jimmy Kimmel Suspension About Whether Company Committed ‘Wrongdoing’ by ‘Capitulating’ to Trump Administration


A group representing Disney shareholders demanded documents about ABC’s decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel amid pressure from the Trump administration.

A group of self-described “pro-democracy” organizations sent a letter to Disney chief Bob Iger on behalf of two shareholders demanding details about ABC’s decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel amid pressure from the Trump administration. “There is a credible basis to suspect that the [Disney] Board and executives may have breached their fiduciary duties of loyalty, care, and good faith by placing improper political or affiliate considerations above the best interests of the Company and its stockholders,” the letter alleged. The FCC continues to threaten media organizations over content it doesn’t like and, in the case of Kimmel, dozens of affiliates are still refusing to air his show,” Clayton Weimers, executive director of Reporters Without Borders USA, said in a statement.

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