Institutional investors withdraw support for James Murdoch

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James Murdoch has survived a vote to oust him as chairman of BSkyB, despite opposition from investors.

The BSkyB chairman was re-elected with 81.24% of shareholder votes versus 18.76% against - with 22.34% votes withheld. This is a dramatic jump from last year when Murdoch faced a 2% vote against...

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