Tribune Publishing Co. said shareholders voted to re-elect the company’s board nominees at its annual meeting Thursday as the newspaper owner also announced plans to change its name.

The publisher of the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times didn’t give the exact breakdown of the vote, giving no indication of how much support Gannett Co. garnered for its “withhold” campaign. Gannett was encouraging shareholders to withhold their votes for the board as a symbolic gesture of no confidence and support for Gannett’s takeover...