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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Lauren Aratani in New York

Disney investors demand details into company’s Jimmy Kimmel suspension

a man in suit smiling as he sits at desk with hands folded
Jimmy Kimmel on the set of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on 20 May. Photograph: Randy Holmes/AP

A group of Disney investors is asking the company to turn over documents related to the company’s decision to temporarily suspend Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show, amid charges the media company may have been “complicit in succumbing” to media censorship.

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 letter to Disney.

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