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Netflix employees stage a trans solidarity walkout, pose list of demands

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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.

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Why Reed Hastings Should be Applauded for Netflix Split

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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.

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As Quibi reportedly seeks another $1 billion, Fiction Riot fills the programming slate for its rival service

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Michael Scott is simultaneously writing a pilot for linear television. He points to the success of Netflix’s hit “You”, which the streaming service picked up from Lifetime. Lion of Ireland – Combining historical events with magical realism this book from Morgan Llywelyn has sold over 40 million copies sold worldwide.

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Why You Shouldn’t Be Fooled by Your Own Expertise

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Ultimately the Goldman Sachs report gets picked up by a journalist who writes a hyperbolic headline with emphatic conclusions because nobody wants to read that tomorrow will be just like today. So a degree of skepticism, critical thinking and understanding data biases are always in order.

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Interview with Constance Curtis, The List

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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.

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Why Pseudonymity Is Such an Important Concept

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Where you can talk about topics that it might not be appropriate for a VC to discuss in writing. We talked about this concept and also: online video, lawsuits with big media companies, the value or not of circles in Google Plus, the economic reasons behind the NetFlix decision, social TV startup Chill and much, much more. Thank you.

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How I Use Visualization to Drive Creativity

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So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A The key is channeling what you learn when you drive onto paper for retention purposes so you have to write it down soon afterward. When I write a blog post I often see the words before I write them. These are all creative processes.

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