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The Ankler reports that Netflix held 80% of titles on Nielsen’s weekly Top 10 streaming originals chart in 2021, a share that has since fallen to 51%.
AdExchanger reports Netflix unveiled a Netflix Pixel for conversion tracking and audience targeting, and will add The Trade Desk as a programmatic DSP next month, announced the same morning Netflix reported Q3 earnings showing ad revenue growth fell short of expectations.
Oct 23The FT reports that Netflix faces mounting investor pressure as a dearth of breakout hits raises questions about whether its content slate can justify a market valuation near $300 billion.
Oct 23The Wall Street Journal’s Jessica Toonkel reports that Netflix’s third-quarter revenue rose 12% year over year to $12.9 billion, its weakest quarterly growth rate in three years, even as net income jumped roughly 44% to $3.66 billion.
Oct 22AdExchanger’s Alyssa Boyle reports that Netflix posted 12% revenue growth in Q3 but ad revenue growth of over 80% fell short of its goal to double ad sales again this year.
Oct 22The Ankler’s Sean McNulty reports Netflix matched or beat its Q3 forecasts and touted a working “business flywheel” on the earnings call.
Oct 22CNBC’s Sarah Whitten reports that Netflix plans 30 theatrical releases in 2027, on par with 2026, including a wide 49-day exclusive window for Greta Gerwig’s “Narnia.”
Oct 22The Verge’s Emma Roth reports that Netflix’s Q3 2026 shareholder letter names monetization improvement as a top priority, alongside entertainment value and new technology.
Oct 21Adweek’s Mark Mwachiro reports that Netflix updated its Ad Suite with an enhanced Conversion API and new Netflix Pixel giving advertisers access to more than 20 lower-funnel conversion events.
Oct 21The Ankler’s Richard Rushfield offers Peter Rice unsolicited advice for running Netflix content, including killing binge-release and empowering producers, as the company faces a stock drop of more than 40 percent since last year.
Oct 21MediaPost’s Wayne Friedman argues that Netflix’s real fix for weakening engagement isn’t microdramas or podcasts but buzzy branded franchises like Marvel or Star Wars, achievable through acquiring a studio such as Lionsgate or Sony Pictures.
Oct 21CNBC reports that Needham analyst Laura Martin told “Closing Bell Overtime” the recent Netflix stock decline is overdone ahead of earnings. Martin pointed to a projected $3 billion in high-margin ad revenue as the upside case buyers are overlooking.
Oct 21TheWrap’s Roger Cheng reports that Netflix’s third-quarter earnings call follows its biggest layoffs in four years, the exit of content chief Bela Bajaria and film chief Dan Lin, and a stock drop of more than 40% over the past 12 months.
Oct 21Media War & Peace’s Evan Shapiro argues Netflix has reversed its founding bets on sports, ads, aggregation and creators, turning into “a digital reboot of CBS.”
Oct 19MediaPost’s Wayne Friedman reports that Netflix’s replacement of content chief Bela Bajaria with Peter Rice comes as growth stagnates and the stock falls 24% year-to-date.
Oct 19The Verge reports that Bela Bajaria, Netflix’s chief content officer since 2023 and a company veteran since 2016, is leaving the streamer.
Oct 18Variety’s Rebecca Rubin reports that Bela Bajaria is leaving Netflix after 10 years as chief content officer, to be replaced by former Disney and Fox executive Peter Rice, as around 1,000 employees, 6% of the company, were laid off this week.
Oct 16The Wall Street Journal’s Walden Siew reports Netflix eliminated roughly 1,000 jobs, its largest cuts since 2022, hitting product, tech, legal and HR teams as co-CEOs Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos cited slower growth and declining engagement.
Oct 16TVREV’s Alan Wolk reports Netflix is laying off roughly 1,000 people across divisions this week, part of a push to look more like YouTube with ads, live events, podcasting and gaming rather than a traditional TV company.
Oct 16Business Insider’s Dan DeFrancesco reports that Netflix is cutting roughly 1,000 jobs even as it keeps spending on engagement bets: video podcasts with Spotify, NFL games through 2029, and exclusive 2030 World Cup rights in Spain and Andorra.
Oct 15Business Insider’s Peter Kafka writes that Netflix’s levers from its 2022 subscriber crisis — ads, live sports — are now spent, while engagement slips and the real competition is free, unlimited content from YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.
Oct 15The Ankler’s Sean McNulty reports that Netflix layoffs have hit the company, accompanied by new, troublesome engagement data, as the newsletter also tracks how Ben Affleck’s second Netflix movie this year performed and Disney’s big week on the service.
Oct 15Business Insider’s James Faris reports that Netflix’s 1,000-person layoff follows slowing viewership growth, a failed $82.7 billion Warner Bros. bid, unproven games and podcasts bets, and rising free competition from YouTube, Tubi and Roku Channel.
Oct 15Puck’s Matthew Belloni reports that Netflix is preparing a restructuring cutting about 5 percent of its roughly 17,000 employees, or around 850 jobs, with an announcement possible as early as next week. Netflix declined to comment to Puck on the plan.
Oct 10Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva reports that Netflix is preparing a significant round of layoffs, with sources describing a big reduction and Puck pegging it at 5% of the workforce, though Netflix declined to comment and exact timing remains unclear.
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