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March 15, 2024

Cinema

Meghan Markle set to make TV comeback

Meghan Markle is set to begin filming her new lifestyle Netflix series as she attempts to become the next Martha Stewart.

By Editors Desk

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is set to make a TV comeback with her own Netflix lifestyle series. Picture: Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP

February 05, 2024

Business

Reed Hastings sells $1.1 billion in Netflix shares

Netflix co-founder and executive chairman Reed Hastings has gifted two million shares of the streaming giant, according to a regulatory filing, with a current value of more than $1.1 billion.

By Editors Desk

January 29, 2024

Entertainment

Sofía Vergara says her acting jobs are ‘limited’ because of her accent

By Editors Desk

Sofia Vergara during the premiere of "Griselda" on January 9 in Madrid, Spain. Jose Oliva/Europa Press/Getty Images

January 24, 2024

Tech

Netflix is turning into cable TV

It's got Suits, it's got old movies, it's got WWE — what more does Netflix need to be a perfectly fine cable channel?

January 24, 2024

Business

Netflix password crackdown fuels sign-up surge

Netflix sign-ups boomed at the end of last year as customers prodded by the firm's crackdown on password-sharing created their own accounts.

By Editors Desk

January 23, 2024

Entertainment

After 30 years on television, WWE ‘Raw’ will move exclusively to Netflix

The wrestling company’s flagship show will leave traditional television for the first time in 31 years

Carmella leaps at Bianca Belair during World Wrestling Entertainment’s “Raw,” on March 6 in Boston. (Charles Krupa/AP)

January 22, 2024

Media & TV

Netflix Film Chief Scott Stuber Will Leave to Start New Company

Netflix will now look for a new head of its movie business

By Editors Desk

Scott StuberPhotographer: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images

January 02, 2024

Media & TV

Chappelle lashed over trans joke in Netflix hit

Dave Chappelle did exactly what he said he wouldn’t do in his new Netflix special: make fun of trans people. Critics have lashed the comedian over the material.

By Editors Desk

Chappelle lashed over trans joke in Netflix hit

December 27, 2023

Media & TV

Amazon Prime Video streaming content to include ‘limited advertisements’

Customers will be given option to pay more for ad-free service in UK, Germany and US from early next year

By Editors Desk

Amazon Prime Video subscribers will begin to see ads in streaming content unless they pay extra for their monthly package. Photograph: Omar Marques/Sopa Images/Shutterstock

December 13, 2023

Entertainment

Netflix reveals top shows of 2023 in first ever report into viewership data

Netflix has released its first ever report into viewership data – and one show beat out the popular Wednesday to come out on top.

By Editors Desk

Song Hye-kyo’s The Glory rounded out the top three. Picture: Netflix

December 12, 2023

Media & TV

Netflix reveals what people are really watching

The streaming platform shared its most comprehensive report on viewership data

By Editors Desk

Netflix revealed viewership data behind some of its biggest projects on Tuesday. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)

November 22, 2023

Media & TV

Squid Game The Challenge: It felt like it was real, says contestant

Mysterious masked guards in pink boiler suits, a singing giant doll and a life-changing sum of money... it can only mean the return of Squid Game.

By Editors Desk

Squid Game The Challenge: It felt like it was real, says contestant.

November 08, 2023

Entertainment

How Netflix Conquered Hollywood — And Then Broke It

The inside story of how the streamer muscled its way to the top by defying the industry’s conventions — and eventually paid the price.

By Editors Desk

From left: Joel Schumacher, David Fincher, Kevin Spacey, Ted Sarandos and Mahershala Ali at the 'House of Cards' premiere afterparty in 2013. JEMAL COUNTESS/GETTY IMAGES

October 18, 2023

Business

Netflix to Raise Prices as Password Crackdown Boosts Subscriber Growth

The streaming giant added 8.8 million subscribers in the third quarter and said it would immediately raise U.S. basic-plan prices to $11.99.

By Editors Desk

Netflix says that this year it will have more returning seasons than any other streamers, including hits such as ‘The Crown.’ PHOTO: DANIEL ESCALE/NETFLIX

September 20, 2023

People

Hasan Minhaj’s “Emotional Truths”

In his new special, the comedian recounts harrowing experiences he’s faced as an Asian American and Muslim American. Does it matter that much of it never happened to him?

By Editors Desk