Latest in annual shareholder meeting

Netflix shareholders declined to support the 2023 pay packages of top executives during a non-binding vote at the company’s annual shareholder meeting on Thursday. The pay proposal, one of several put up for a vote during the 15-minute meeting, which was streamed online, pertained to senior-level…

Disney shareholders today approved compensation packages of chairman and CEO Bob Iger and other executives, with just 57% voting in favor. The vote, which was narrow but marked a reversal of last year’s rebuke by shareholders, punctuated the 90-minute meeting, which was held in St. Louis but live-streamed on the…

Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that the company’s long-anticipated Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge “lands” will open on May 31 and Aug. 29 at Disneyland in Anaheim and DisneyWorld in Florida, respectively. Speaking at the company’s annual shareholder meeting, Iger also revealed exclusive new video footage of the 14-acre…

CBS has finally scheduled its twice-delayed annual shareholder meeting for the morning of December 11 at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. During the meeting, shareholders will be asked to vote on the company’s directors — the majority of whom have joined the board, or been nominated, since September. The unusual level…

UPDATED with dual-structure vote totals. Waxing nostalgic about 21st Century Fox’s decades-long run in the media business, Executive Chairman Lachlan Murdoch offered a tribute to his father, Rupert Murdoch, during the company’s annual shareholder meeting. Barring a major twist in the long march toward a $71.3 billion…

UPDATED with closing price. CBS shares fell 5% today as investors weighed the potential consequences of a damning New Yorker magazine article detailing allegations of sexual assault by CEO Leslie Moonves. The stock ended the session at $51.28 a share on five times the normal trading volume. It has been on an…

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts said the U.S. cable television giant is in the “advanced stages” of preparing an offer for most of 21st Century Fox’s film and television assets — a bid that would likely hinge on the outcome of tomorrow’s expected ruling in the AT&T-Time Warner antitrust case. Roberts told investors, during…

Even as its market valuation soars amid Wall Street’s enthusiasm for its strong subscriber gains, Netflix shareholders raised corporate governance issues during the company’s annual shareholder meeting. Investors supported a number of stockholder proposals that would give investors a role in the nomination of…