Netflix Has Reached a P.R. Inflection Point

Reed Hastings
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Matthew Belloni
October 18, 2021

Netflix co-C.E.O. Ted Sarandos has taken most of the heat for Dave Chappelle’s anti-L.G.B.T.Q.+ special, The Closer. But an underrated aspect of this communications and employee relations disaster actually takes its root in the business philosophy of the company’s other co-C.E.O., Reed Hastings.