Ted Sarandos Named Netflix Co-CEO Alongside Reed Hastings

Social media star, entrepreneur and TalentX Entertainment co-founder Josh Richards has been named chief strategy officer at AI-driven music video and entertainment platform Triller, which he also invested in. In his new role, Richards will lead strategy at Triller while also overseeing the company’s implementation of live streaming and monetization tools.

ViacomCBS Networks U.K. on Thursday named former Channel 4 and ITV executive Sarah Rose chief operating officer, reporting to Maria Kyriacou, president, ViacomCBS Networks U.K.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorInterPublic Group CEO Michael Roth said the company will occupy less office space because of COVID-19.“The footprint of the agency business is going to change,” he said during an earnings call with Wall Street analysts Wednesday. “Period.”Already, the parent company of McCann, Weber Shandwick and dozens of other media companies has eliminated 500,000 square feet from its global total of about 11 million, Roth said.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterTed Sarandos, Netflix co-CEO and chief content officer, will be honored with Variety’s Vanguard Award at the annual Mipcom international content sales conference set for Oct.

Netflix, led by co-CEOs Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos, has received a credit rating upgrade from S&P Global Ratings. On Tuesday, the research firm raised its credit rating for the video streaming giant to BB, from BB-, with a stable outlook, as it pointed to increased subscriber growth and higher consumer usage as TV viewers sheltering during the pandemic increasingly embrace the streaming platform.

When it premiered in May 2018, The Kissing Booth apparently became a huge hit. A month later, Netflix‘s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos called it “one of the most-watched movies in the country, and maybe in the world”.

coronavirus pandemic and also offered clues to a possible successor for founding CEO Reed Hastings, who on Thursday named the company's chief content officer, Ted Sarandos, as co-CEO. But it was investor disappointment in the outlook for new subscribers that helped drive down the stock 9% to $480.70 in after-hours trading.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFor years many observers have said that the Recording Academy president/CEO role was too big for a single person, and the organization on Friday announced the creation of two key senior leadership positions — chief operating officer and chief industry officer — amid a larger staff reorganization.According to the announcement, key features of the reorganization are the streamlining of most of the Academy’s staff into three divisions:  the Entertainment / Consumer

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Longtime Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos has been named co-CEO alongside founder Reed Hastings, the streaming giant announced Thursday. "Ted has been my partner for decades," Hastings said in a statement announcing the appointment.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorNetflix founder, chairman and now co-CEO Reed Hastings said Thursday he wants the service “to have so many hits that you know when you come to Netflix you can just go from hit to hit to hit and never have to think about any of those other services.”Speaking on video call for investors, he acknowledged the occasional detour was inevitable with a shout out to Hamilton on Disney+ that hit the service on July 4th weekend.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticAs the world outside North America hesitantly moves back into film and TV production out of the COVID-19 pandemic, Netflix’s newly minted co-CEO believes the entertainment industry will never be the same – but things are “ramping up”“I think the safety protocols will become a permanent part of production, which is a good thing,” Ted Sarandos said today on the Q2 earnings videoconference.

Also Read: Netflix Adds Another 10.1 Million Subscribers in Q2, Stock Drops 10%“Having watched Reed and Ted work together for so long, the board and I are confident this is the right step to evolve Netflix’s management structure so that we can continue to best serve our members and shareholders for years to come,” added Lead Independent director Jay Hoag.Additionally, chief product officer Greg Peters added the title of chief operating officer.The announcements came alongside Netflix’s quarterly

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticComing off a coronavirus pandemic dominated second quarter, Netflix today revealed not just strong subscriber and revenue growth, but also a lot of eyeballs for some key series and films.“In Q2, we notched successes in many of our key content verticals,” the the now Ted Sarandos co-CEO’d streamer circumspectly noted in the letter to shareholders that was released Thursday just after the market closed.While nowhere near breaking any records for

Dade Hayes Finance EditorIn a major change to Netflix’s C-suite, content chief Ted Sarandos has been named co-CEO and Chief Product Officer Greg Peters has been named to the additional role of COO.Reed Hastings, who co-founded the company and has served as CEO for most of its 23 years of existence, will be co-CEO with Sarandos.After joining the company in 2000, Sarandos has spearheaded the programming effort and personified the company’s disruptive approach to releasing TV and film.“Ted has been

Jill Goldsmith, Dade Hayes Netflix added 10 million net new global subscribers last quarter, beating expectations as viewers hunkered down amid a pandemic.

Duffy has written an open letter to Netflix asking them to take down the film 365 Days due to its glamorization of kidnapping, sex trafficking, and rape. Duffy recently revealed she was drugged, raped, and held captive.

LONDON — Netflix said on Friday it will continue to stream the Polish film “365 Days” amid calls for its withdrawal including by British singer Duffy who said it glamorized “the brutal reality of sex trafficking, kidnapping and rape.”

Duffy has penned an open letter calling out Netflix CEO Reed Hastings for the "irresponsible" decision to stream the film 365 Days, after sharing her own harrowing experience of being drugged, kidnapped and raped, which led to her "hiding" for years.

Singer Duffy has reportedly penned an open letter to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, criticizing the platform for its "irresponsible" decision to stream the controversial film 365 Days.