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Ted Sarandos, the Netflix co-CEO, denies claims that AI threatens Hollywood’s creative jobs. In a new interview, Sarandos dismissed fears that AI would eliminate jobs and noted that technological advancements enhance some creative work. “I have more faith in humans than that. I really do. I…

Ted Sarandos opens up about a comment he made in the early days of Netflix and reveals why he’s not interested in the breaking news business. In a new interview, the Netflix CEO said he would take back a 2012 quote in which he compared his platform to HBO. “I said we're going to become HBO…

Ted Sarandos is commenting on the box office success of Oppenheimer, Barbie, and their Netflix series Baby Reindeer. In a new interview, the Netflix CEO said that the films starring Margot Robbie and Cillian Murphy would’ve been just as big on the streaming platform. “Both of those movies would…

It was a year of pain for the entertainment industry and shareholders of (many) media companies with months-long Hollywood strikes and layoffs. Linear television continued to decline and a nascent theatrical recovery went sideways. Most CEOs saw pay packages rise in 2023, some by big multiples. "The…

Ted Sarandos To Speak AT RTS London Convention Ted Sarandos will speak at the Royal Television Society London Convention this year, which is being sponsored by Netflix. The head of the streamer will address the biannual event alongside the likes of the bosses of the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. Richard…

With Aladdin producer Dan Lin taking over film leadership at Netflix from Scott Stuber, there will still be a commitment to a robust feature slate. Such were the statements from the streamer’s co-CEO on Thursday during the company’s call to discuss its Q1 earnings report. Fielding a question from…

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos saw a 2023 compensation package valued at $49.8 million, down a hair from the year before but with one big change — he took more in stock option awards than in cash as the streamer shifts its pay policies. Sarandos had a $3 million base salary for last year, up from $20…

It’s a knighthood for the man behind The Dark Knight. Fresh from their Oppenheimer-fueled Oscar blitz, Christopher Nolan will become Sir Christopher Nolan, while his producing partner and wife Emma Thomas has received a damehood. King Charles III bestowed the creative industry honors on Thursday…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix chief Ted Sarandos has weighed in on artificial intelligence’s place in Hollywood. Sarandos discussed the contentious topic with Rob Lowe on an upcoming episode of the actor’s SiriusXM podcast Literally! with Rob Lowe. Deadline has an exclusive excerpt from the interview, where…

After a rather tame show last month, the freewheeling Golden Globes are kind of back. Only now they go by the name the 30th annual SAG Awards, which had a whole lot of the Globes and the Emmys in their bloodstream Saturday. Finally on Netflix proper after being relegated to the streamer's YouTube…

Three months after SAG-AFTRA ended its long and bitter strike against the studios, guild president Fran Drescher took a glamourous and humorous victory lap in front of some of her most notable members Saturday at the SAG Awards. Thanking IATSE, “Teamsters and basic crafts” at the top of her onstage…

Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos took a victory lap on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call about the company’s acquisition of exclusive rights to Monday Night Raw and other WWE programming. “If I could raise a single eyebrow at a time, I would lean into the camera with a single eyebrow and do my…