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Oracle CEO Safra Catz, who began serving on Disney’s board of directors in 2018, is exiting her board post. No official reason was given for the move, which the company said would result in the board shrinking from 12 members to 11. One ingredient in her decision could well have been the…

Wonya Lucas, a veteran media exec who held the post of CEO for Hallmark Media Networks and TV One, has been appointed to Comcast’s board of directors. Lucas will serve as an independent director, the media company said in an SEC filing. She has not yet been appointed to serve as a member of any board…

Oprah Winfrey is leaving the board of directors of WeightWatchers after a 9-year run and donating her stock in the company in order to avoid any potential conflict of interest over her use of weight-loss medication. Shares in the company fell almost 20% on the news. In addition to not standing…

Blackwells Capital, a Disney shareholder with plenty of opinions about who should sit on the company’s board of directors, blasted the rival Trian Group for its own board maneuvering. In a press release Monday, Blackwells Chief Investment Officer Jason Aintabi said Trian co-founder Nelson Peltz has…

Bob Chapek, a nearly three-decade Disney veteran who was ousted in 2022 as the media company’s CEO, has been appointed to the board of directors of medical tech firm Masimo. The move comes during a dramatic series of events involving Masimo and Apple. The tech giant has been in a patent dispute with…

Former Vice President Al Gore will be departing from Apple’s board of directors after a 21-year run due to the company’s mandatory retirement age, the tech company said today. James Bell, who joined the board in 2015, will also be leaving the board, with aerospace executive Wanda Austin in line to…

James Gorman, CEO of Morgan Stanley and soon to be a member of Disney’s board of directors, is not fazed by the possibility of the media giant going through a proxy fight. During a lengthy sit-down with CNBC, the exec acknowledged that a battle is brewing with activist investor Nelson Peltz, whose…

Disney has formally responded to activist shareholder Trian Fund Management’s unsolicited effort to nominate its co-founder, Nelson Peltz, and ex-Disney CFO James Rasulo to the media giant’s board of directors. The company said a board committee will review the nominations, but it also made a point…

The Walt Disney Co. has added former Group CEO of Sky Jeremy Darroch and Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman to its board of directors and said Francis A. deSouza plans to surrender his seat at the end of his term. The corporate announcement follows an appearance by CEO Bob Iger at The New York Times…

Susan Rice, who left her post as domestic policy advisor to President Biden last May, has rejoined Netflix’s board of directors. In two-plus years in the Biden Administration, Rice oversaw a number of complex and controversial initiatives related to immigration, gun control and student loan relief…

Jeff Blackburn, who spearheaded Amazon’s push into video, has joined Roku’s board of directors. The election of Blackburn at Roku’s annual shareholder meeting represents an expansion of Roku’s board, an upsizing signaled by the streaming company last April. "Jeff's extensive experience in…

Common Sense Networks, the for-profit affiliate of Common Sense Media, has formed a board of directors, with newly elected members including veteran children’s media execs Geraldine Laybourne and Gary Knell. CSN, which operates the Sensical streaming platform, was founded in 2020. It aims to help…