Disney investors demand details into company’s Jimmy Kimmel suspension

The Guardian 1 min read 1 day ago

<p>Shareholders want ABC owner to turn over documents related to decision to temporarily suspend late-night show</p><p>A group of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/walt-disney-company">Disney</a> investors is asking the company to turn over documents related to the company’s decision to temporarily <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/sep/18/jimmy-kimmel-live-suspended-indefinitely-after-hosts-charlie-kirk-comments">suspend</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/jimmy-kimmel">Jimmy Kimmel</a>’s late-night show, amid charges the media company may have been “complicit in succumbing” to media censorship.</p><p>The investors, composed of lawyers for the American Federation of Teachers and Reporters Without Borders, noted that Disney’s stock “suffered significant declines in response to the company’s abrupt decision to suspend Mr. Kimmel and his show”, it said in a <a href="https://fb1cd5ab-5a51-475c-87d1-10904a61146d.usrfiles.com/ugd/fb1cd5_79023d3dda7f4303805188c32a0471d6.pdf">letter</a> to Disney.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/25/disney-investors-jimmy-kimmel-suspension-abc">Continue reading...</a>
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