Q&A with Netflix's Ted Sarandos on the state of Hollywood, shifting US tastes, programming strategy, ads, corporate activism, YouTube, live events, AI, and more
Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times — If you're anything like me, you probably spent some large portion of this week sitting on your couch watching Netflix.
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Dare Obasanjo
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The Fall Guy movie is competing with Atlas on Netflix, Fortnite sessions, spending 4 hours watching Jenny Nicholson dismantle the Star Wars hotel, TikTok, Instagram and hanging out in virtual worlds in the metaverse. They are all in the same competition for people's time.
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Dare Obasanjo
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This quote from Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, is wild to me. It's like Apple saying they banned iPod employees to the company meeting or Microsoft treating Windows employees like second class citizens because Azure was the future. [image]
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Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos argues that ‘BARBIE’ and ‘OPPENHEIMER’ would have been just as big on Netflix. “There's no reason to believe that the movie itself is better in any size of screen for all people. My son's an editor, he watched ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ on his phone” [image]
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Just because I watch a film or show all the way through doesn't mean i “love” it. I rarely do but I watch a lot. If that is the measure of critical analysis of an audience, no wonder we're swimming in middle of the road crap. Why algorithms suck https://www.nytimes.com/...
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Nick Field
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Ted Sarandos' son can't afford a TV? https://www.nytimes.com/... [image]
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Priya Mathew
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Netflix programs for about 650M people around the world. Meet the man who pioneered the “binge watch.” @netflix CEO Ted Sarandos talks with @lourdesgnavarro this week for “The Interview” from @nytimes https://www.nytimes.com/...
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“What I should have said back then is, We want to be HBO and CBS and BBC and all those different networks around the world that entertain people, and not narrow it to just HBO. Prestige elite programming plays a very important role in culture. But it's very small. It's a [image]
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‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ Would've Been ‘Just as Big’ on Netflix, Says CEO: 'There's No Reason to Believe That the Movie Itself Is Better in Any Size of Screen'
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