Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal and Alphabet Google have emerged as top contenders to work with Netflix and help the streaming company create an advertising-supported tier of its service, according to people familiar with the matter. Netflix, which is hoping to boost revenue by selling ads around its programming, is still in the early stages of developing the strategy and has explored a range of tie-ups in recent weeks. Source link
Read More »Netflix talks with Google about ads as Sarandos is set to address Cannes this week
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 12: CEO of Netflix Ted Sarandos attends Netflix’s FYSEE event for “Squid Game” at Raleigh Studios Hollywood on June 12, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix) Charley Gallay | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images CANNES, France – As the world’s biggest advertising conference gets underway here this week, all eyes will be on Netflix for clues on how the streaming giant plans to break from its ad-free business… Source link
Read More »Goldman cuts Netflix to ‘Sell’ citing competition and a ‘consumer recession’
Goldman Sachs is kicking a streaming dog when it’s down. Goldman analyst Eric Sheridan slashed his rating on Netflix (NFLX) shares to Sell from Neutral on Friday, sending the stock off as much as 5% in pre-market trading. Sheridan cut his price target on Netflix to $186 from $265. “We have concerns around the impact of a consumer recession as well as heightened levels of competition on demand trends (both in the form of gross adds and churn), margin expansion, and levels of content spend and… Source link
Read More »Netflix needs to ‘carefully’ execute password sharing crackdown, co-founder says
Netflix (NFLX) co-founder Marc Randolph is weighing in on the platform’s crackdown on password sharing. Randolph, who served as the company’s first CEO from its inception in 1997 to 2003, told Yahoo Finance in a new interview that the streamer must “carefully” implement its strategy. “I don’t think anybody wants to make it difficult for people who have legitimate uses to share their password, share their password or use their password in multiple locations,” Randolph explained. “At the same… Source link
Read More »‘The door is open’ for Netflix to expand box office reach, says theater owners chief
As Netflix (NFLX) grapples with company-wide layoffs and slowing subscriber growth, there’s been increased talk when it comes to the streamer’s complicated relationship with the box office — and what it could look like moving forward. National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) CEO and president John Fithian told Yahoo Finance that theaters would happily welcome more streaming content on the big screen, despite exhibitors’ strained history with the streaming boom at large. “The door is… Source link
Read More »I quit my job as a Netflix engineer making $450,000 a year. The money wasn’t worth the boredom.
Michael Lin began to find his engineering role repetitive and wanted to pivot to product management.Michael Lin Michael Lin joined Netflix in 2017 as a senior software engineer. At first, he enjoyed his role. After two years, Lin wanted to go into product management but found no clear pipeline to follow. He lost motivation and eventually received his preemptive severance package in May 2021. I started working at Netflix as a senior software engineer in 2017 after leaving my job at Amazon. I was… Source link
Read More »Elon Musk praised Netflix for telling employees to quit if they can’t work on content they disagree with after previously bashing the platform’s ‘woke mind virus’
Patrick Pleul/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Netflix’s company culture guidelines say staff should be able to work on content they find harmful. In response to a tweet about the guidelines, Elon Musk said it was a “good move” by Netflix. Musk last month said of Netflix: “The woke mind virus is making Netflix unwatchable.” Elon Musk praised Netflix for its new company culture guidelines that say it might not be the best place for employees who cannot work on content they disagree with or find… Source link
Read More »How Netflix went from a Blockbuster killer to a company whose future is ‘clear as mud’
Netflix (NFLX) investors are still reeling after the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index (^IXIC) posted its worst month since 2008. The stock — once a big winner from the pandemic — is down roughly 75% from its November peak, and its once $300 billion market cap now sits south of $80 billion. The streaming giant’s subscriber drop in April spurred speculation on Wall Street about its next big move, which could involve a lower-priced ad-supported option or even a clamp-down on password… Source link
Read More »Media mogul Byron Allen says Netflix is a ‘great buy’
Netflix is still reeling from its unexpected decline in Q1 subscribers, which led to a stock plummet of 35% and wiped more than $50 billion off of its market cap. The streaming giant’s disappointing results came as inflation remains high, consumers cut costs and competition intensifies, although one media mogul is not giving up on Netflix quite yet. “I don’t think Netflix has crashed — quite frankly, I think the market has overreacted,” Byron Allen, the founder and CEO of Entertainment… Source link
Read More »Netflix drops Meghan Markle’s animated series ‘Pearl’
By Maria Ponnezhath (Reuters) – Streaming platform Netflix Inc said on Sunday it had decided to stop work on Meghan Markle’s family series “Pearl” as it reviewed animated content. Dropping several projects, including Markle’s, was part of strategic decisions on production of animated series, the company said in a statement, without providing further details on its decision. Archewell Productions, the company formed by Markle and her husband, Prince Harry, said last year that she would be an… Source link
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