Post by Logan on Apr 30, 2016 0:58:15 GMT -6
With the debut of live streaming, some think Berkshire crowds may thin at coming meetings
Barbara Paquette of Sanibel, Florida, is a fair-weather fan of the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting — literally.
If the sky is clear today, expect her in line outside the CenturyLink Center. If it rains, she’ll watch under the roof of her sister’s Omaha home.
“We’ll just turn on the computer and stream it in,” said Paquette, a shareholder for about 20 years.
Live streaming on the Web is an option for shareholders for the first time this year, and today’s crowds will tell how big a toll that takes on attendance — if it does at all. More than 40,000 people attended last year — a record.
Read more: www.omaha.com/money/with-the-debut-of-live-streaming-some-think-berkshire-crowds/article_98228a85-7f98-585d-b135-6f8bc2d8f7e2.html
Barbara Paquette of Sanibel, Florida, is a fair-weather fan of the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting — literally.
If the sky is clear today, expect her in line outside the CenturyLink Center. If it rains, she’ll watch under the roof of her sister’s Omaha home.
“We’ll just turn on the computer and stream it in,” said Paquette, a shareholder for about 20 years.
Live streaming on the Web is an option for shareholders for the first time this year, and today’s crowds will tell how big a toll that takes on attendance — if it does at all. More than 40,000 people attended last year — a record.
Read more: www.omaha.com/money/with-the-debut-of-live-streaming-some-think-berkshire-crowds/article_98228a85-7f98-585d-b135-6f8bc2d8f7e2.html