TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Netflix employees staged a walkout yesterday in response to the company’s handling of a Dave Chappelle special that premiered on October 5. At the same time, Los Angeles-based trans activist Ashlee Marie Preston hosted a rally in solidarity with Netflix workers participating in the walkout.
TechCrunch LA
JUNE 17, 2020
Imagine Impact , the entertainment accelerator launched by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard to try and bring Silicon Valley-style mentorship and project development techniques to Hollywood, has inked a development deal with Netflix and is looking for submissions. The companies did not disclose the financial terms of the agreement.
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
By now you probably know that Netflix is splitting its business into two parts: its digital streaming business (retains the name Netflix) and its DVD mailing business, which was its original business (to be called Qwikster). With nearly 25 million customers using Netflix it’s clear that everyone will have an opinion on this.
TechCrunch LA
MAY 17, 2019
The Los Angeles-based company has already launched a beta version of its streaming service, Ficto , and yesterday announced a host of new shows that will appear on the app later this year. Michael Scott is simultaneously writing a pilot for linear television. Feist novels have sold over 20 million copies.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 12, 2020
I had my own list on my iPhone, writing down what I wanted to watch, and where those shows are. Matt Know: It's interesting, because the demographics are the same as Netflix, and it's pretty spread out between those demographics. Netflix is now in 190 countries. How did you come up with the idea for the company?
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Matchmaking has been around a long time, and if you've seen the popular Indian Matchmaking show on Netflix, you'll see it's been around for awhile. As I was driving home from that meeting, I decided to work from there, and ended up writing a business plan and fundraising from family and friends.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 25, 2016
In many ways the fact that it has become so cheap to start a company and relatively cheap to raise angel/seed money that we as an industry have gotten lazy on basic planning. The questions that a VC mulls before writing a check are precisely the questions you should be asking yourself. It is Blockbuster video in the dawn of Netflix.
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