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For Netflix and the SEC, a Facebook Share Is Public Enough (With Caveats, of...
A note to CEOs of public companies: Be careful what you share on social networks. Reed Hastings found that out the hard way, after he shared some company user numbers to his Facebook page last fall....
View ArticleNetflix Cues Up Facebook, Twitter for Disclosure
Netflix Inc. is making it official: It “likes” social media. The streaming-video service, which recently dodged a bullet from the Securities and Exchange Commission over a Facebook posting, told...
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If Netflix Were on TV, It Might Be the Biggest Network on Cable. But About...
Good news for Netflix! The company streamed more than 4 billion hours of video in the first three months of the year, according to a Facebook post from CEO Reed Hastings.* BTIG analyst Rich Greenfield...
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Was "House of Cards" Worth It for Netflix?
Netflix got into the HBO business with a bang in February when it launched “House of Cards.” The much-hyped miniseries had a big budget, big names in front of the camera and behind it, and a Big Idea —...
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Netflix Says Its "House of Cards" Strategy Worked, and Wall Street Agrees
Netflix’s numbers are up, and they’re what Wall Street wanted (for now!): Shares are up 19 percent. Revenue came in at the billion-dollar mark that analysts were looking for, and the company’s U.S....
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Adios, Dora? Why Netflix Can Afford to Get Pickier About Its Content Deals.
When Netflix first got into the streaming video business, it went to movie studios and TV networks and bought whatever they were selling. It didn’t have a choice. Things are different now. Reed...
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How Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Sees the Future: Netflix Wins, Apps Win and So...
Fresh off a triumphant earnings report, and with investors once again clamoring for his shares, Reed Hastings has something to say. A lot to say: The Netflix CEO has written an 11-page essay that lays...
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Reed Hastings's $300 Million Year
Reed Hastings took a big pay cut last year: In 2011, Netflix paid its CEO $9.3 million in cash and stock, but cut that down to $5.5 million in 2012. So why is this man smiling? Because he owns a big...
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LivingSocial, Netflix and the Galaxy S 4 Reviewed -- 10 Things You Need to...
In case you missed anything, here’s a quick weekend roundup of the news that powered AllThingsD.com this week: Daily-deals site LivingSocial was hacked, compromising the names, emails, birthdates and...
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Is Internet Killing the Video Star?
iPad image copyright SkylinesMy career in digital media started at a pivotal moment. The year was 2001, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit had just upheld an order for Napster to begin...
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Netflix Nabs an HBO Engineer
Depending on who you and ask and when you ask, HBO and Netflix are either in a fierce battle for your video subscription dollars, or they’re just two video subscription services that complement each...
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In Media, Big Data Is Booming but Big Results Are Lacking
The New York Times named 2012 the crossover year for Big Data: As a term and as a concept, Big Data broke through from the tech circle and into mainstream consciousness. (So much so that even...
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Hola, Dora! Amazon Locks Up the Viacom Kids' Shows Netflix Doesn't Have Anymore.
Netflix doesn’t want Viacom shows like “Dora the Explorer” and “Spongebob Squarepants” — or at least not at Viacom’s asking price. But Amazon is happy to pay up: Jeff Bezos and company have locked up...
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Amazon, Netflix Keep Chasing Your Kids
What’s that? You’d like to park your kids in front of a screen and let them stream video while you do something else? Amazon is happy to oblige: It has added a bunch of new kids’ shows from PBS to its...
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Yahoo Q2 Earnings Call: The Marissa and Ken Show, Now in Living Color
Yahoo is just starting the analyst call of its Q2 earnings, which were pretty lackluster. But CEO Marissa Mayer, who is awfully good at this kind of thing, has ginned up the excitement nonetheless,...
View ArticleReed Hastings Has a (Polite) Message for Jeff Bewkes
Albania takes it up a notch. – Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, via Facebook, sending a post-Emmy nomination message to his frenemies at Time Warner
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"Arrested Development" Helps Netflix Add More Than 600,000 Subscribers
Netflix added 630,000 subscribers in the U.S. during the second quarter, the company announced today. That’s in the range of the guidance the company provided three months ago, but it may disappoint...
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Netflix's No-Name Show Beating "House of Cards" and "Arrested Development"
Sometimes it’s hard to figure out what makes a stock move. But occasionally it’s simple: Netflix shares dropped last night because Netflix added 630,000 U.S. subscribers in Q2 – which is what the...
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Your Poor Couch! Netflix Viewers Don't Cut Back on Regular TV.
Are you watching a ton of Netflix? Then you had better make sure you’re getting fresh air and exercise. Because you’re probably not cutting back on your regular TV habit. That’s according to a new...
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Power Listicle: Disruptive Bezos Displaces Apple Execs as No. 1 on VF Annual...
Vanity Fair magazine thinks Jeff Bezos is top dog of the digerati this year, giving him the No. 1 spot on its annual New Establishment list. While it’s no “People’s Sexiest Man Alive”-list kudos —...
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Netflix Hits Its Numbers, Investors Go Nuts, Reed Hastings Tells Them to...
Netflix’s Q3 numbers are what Wall Street was looking for: The company now has 31 million subscribers in the U.S., and another 9 million in the rest of the world. Investors, who either hate Netflix or...
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Icahn Cashes Out — And Cashes In — On Netflix Stake
How’s this for profit taking? Carl Icahn on Tuesday unloaded nearly half of his almost 10 percent stake in Netflix, cashing in on a stratospheric 457 percent rise in the company’s stock price since he...
View ArticleReed Hastings Has a Long Memory, Sharp Wit
Oh well. No one is right all the time. – Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, on Facebook, linking to a 2005 MarketWatch story in which analyst Michael Pachter put a $3 price target on Netflix and said the...
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Netflix Won't Let Your Kids Binge (Quite as Much) With "Turbo," Its Newest...
When Netflix started its big push into original TV shows this year, it played up its binge-friendly strategy: Each time the streaming service debuted a new show, like “House of Cards,” it released a...
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Some of Our Fave D Conference Videos Before AllThingsD Signs Off in 3 … 2 … 1 …
Before we end our reign of terror, oops, tech at AllThingsD, I wanted to post a few of my favorite videos from D: All Things Digital conferences that we have done since 2003. While we are proud of all...
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