Several Walt Disney investors requested on Wednesday to the media giant who shares documents about their decision to suspend the Jimmy Kimmel program last week for review.
Kimmel returned to the air on Tuesday night, six days after his comments about the alleged murderer of the right -wing activist Charlie Kirk caused outrage in social networks and pressures of the Trump administration.
In a letter addressed to the company, lawyers of the American Teachers Federation (American Federation of Teachers), of the US Labor Federation AFL-CIO and reporters without borders asked Disney to deliver the records related to the suspension of Kimmel.
The demand seeks to investigate possible irregularities, mismanagement and fiduciary violations by the Board of Directors of Disney and its leadership, according to the letter.
“There is a credible base to suspect that the Board and executives could have breached their fiduciary duties of loyalty, care and good faith by putting political or affiliate considerations above the best interests of Disney and its shareholders,” says the document.
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Shareholders press for documents, including materials that estimate the possible impact of the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live In Disney’s income and agreements with the affiliated chains Nexstar and Sinclair, who refused to transmit the program.
The groups of the groups said they will demand to obtain the records if Disney does not share the information requested within five business days.
Disney did not immediately respond to a request for Reuters comments.
ABC, the Disney -owned television network, reported that some 6.26 million viewers saw Kimmel while using a mixture of humor and humility to address the comments he made on September 15 and generated controversy.
It was the highest audience episode of Kimmel in more than a decade, although it was not transmitted in approximately 23% of US television households. UU., Since Nexstar and Sinclair chose to keep the program out of their air in their 70 own and operated ABC stations.
Semafor had previously reported on the letter addressed to Disney.
With Reuters information
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