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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