May 6 event follows success of first-ever live stream in 2016
SUNNYVALE, Calif. & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) today announced that it will host the exclusive live
stream of Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A; BRK.B) annual shareholders
meeting on Saturday May 6, 2017, for the second year in a row.
Approximately 40,000 Berkshire Hathaway shareholders from around the
world attend the highly anticipated annual event. In 2016, Yahoo Finance
opened the meeting to the general public via live stream, for the first
time ever, with more than 1 million viewers tuning in.
"The Berkshire Hathaway live stream represents the best of what Yahoo
Finance can offer: unprecedented scale, premium live streaming
capabilities, and exclusive editorial content," said Yahoo Finance
editor in chief, Andy Serwer. "We're thrilled that Warren Buffett and
his team came back to us to bring this amazing event to the world."
To date there have been approximately 17 million views of Yahoo
Finance's exclusive live and VOD coverage of the Berkshire Hathaway
shareholders meeting. Audiences came to Yahoo Finance to hear first-hand
from Mr. Buffett and Vice Chairman Charlie Munger, watch interviews with
a wide range of notable guests, experience the weekend festivities
around Omaha, and the carnival-like atmosphere of the exhibition hall
where many of Berkshire's subsidiaries showcase their products and
services.
The 2017 live stream will appear exclusively on Yahoo Finance - across
all devices - reaching more than 75 million monthly users, and will once
again be broadcast in both English and Mandarin. An exclusive VOD replay
will be available on Yahoo Finance for 30 days following the meeting.
Yahoo will offer video and display advertising, as well as sponsorship
opportunities alongside the live stream.
For more information, stay tuned to Yahoo Finance: http://finance.yahoo.com/
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Caitlin O'Neill
caitlinoneill@yahoo-inc.com
Source: Yahoo! Inc.
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