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EXCLUSIVE: Higher Ground, the media company started by President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, has extended its creative partnership with Netflix. As part of the deal, Higher Ground will have a multiyear first-look deal with Netflix for all of its film and TV projects. The relationship has been a…

Deadline has learned that producer Dan Lin is taking over for Scott Stuber as Netflix’s top film boss. Lin begins his new role April 1 and will report to Bela Bajaria, Netflix's chief content officer. The replacement came rather quick as insiders at the streamer figured the hiring process would take…

Netflix is coming off a big last week. The streamer kicked off its Q4 earnings day last Tuesday by announcing a landmark 10-year deal with TKO Group Holdings for WWE's Monday Night Raw valued at an estimated $5 billion. Hours later, Netflix released strong fourth-quarter results to end 2023 with more than…

With Apple and Amazon Studios embracing theatrical distribution to enhance their content on streaming, is Netflix far behind? Despite the streamer dipping its toes in the water with a $15 million-grossing limited release of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery during Thanksgiving 2022, and a hot title…

Last week, Netflix did what is unfortunately becoming common practice around Hollywood: They killed a nearly completed movie, Halle Berry’s sci-fi title The Mothership. Essentially, the Matthew Charman-directed movie was in postproduction, and for all the changes that were required, it would have…

Netflix chief content officer Bela Bajaria struck an upbeat tone about Hollywood's labor situation Thursday, saying the difficulties of recent months would eventually give way to the satisfaction of making stuff again.  As it was when she "lived through" the 2007-2008 WGA strike, there is a rush when…

For years, Netflix had focused squarely on subscriber growth and becoming the dominant player in the streaming world. That changed last year when, after a big market correction, Netflix made a course correction with a focus on profits, including an ad-supported tier which launched in November. Six…

CBS President and CEO George Cheeks is to keynote this year’s Banff World Media Festival. Cheeks, who is also Chief Content Officer, News and Sports for Paramount+, will partake in an exclusive fireside conversation during the Rocky Mountains event, which will take place June 11 to 14. The…

Netflix has a new co-CEO. Netflix on Thursday announced that Greg Peters, who was previously COO and head of product, has been promoted to the role, sharing it with Ted Sarandos. It comes as company co-founder Reed Hastings steps down to become Executive Chairman. Related…

Netflix’s top commissioners in Canada have said “the last thing we want to do is come here and upend the market.” Speaking at Banff, Danielle Woodrow, who sits under Head of Scripted Series Peter Friedlander, said the team is “looking locally at budget norms as our guideposts.” The team will, however, be flexible with…

Netflix Head of Global TV Bela Bajaria has stressed a “back to basics” response to the tricky past few months, as she questions “Are we the underdog now?” and says “this is a good place to be.” Delivering a keynote at Banff, Bajaria shrugged off the need for a “radical change in our business” given a rocky period of…

Back as an in-person gathering in the Canadian Rockies after a pandemic induced absence of two years, the Banff World Media Festival is bringing in some heavy hitters this summer. Netflix's head of Global TV Bela Bajaria and Participant CEO David Linde have been set as Summit Series keynote speakers at the June 12-15…