Fox and Disney Shareholders Approve Deal for Entertainment Assets

Sleeping Beauty's Castle is pictured during Disneyland's Diamond Celebration in Anaheim, California May 23, 2015. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo

NEW YORK—Twenty-First Century Fox Inc and Walt Disney Co said on Friday their shareholders voted to approve Disney’s $71 billion purchase of Fox’s film and television assets.

Results were announced at both companies’ special shareholders’ meetings, held in New York.