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Category: Netflix
Netflix employees were personally affected by U.S. President Donald…
Netflix employees were personally affected by U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempt to ban people entering from seven Muslim countries, the company’s CEO said Tuesday. Reed Hastings has been a critic of the temporary travel ban, which Trump hopes to revive in a revised form this week, and told The Associated Press on Tuesday that some of his co-workers had gotten caught up in it.
Apple’s Oscar Moment Is Coming
Amazon made history this year as the first internet company to score an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, but it could soon be overtaken by Apple. Amazon is the upstart to break into the Best Picture category at this year’s Oscars, but Apple ‘s year is coming, Loup Ventures wrote in a note released on Friday.
Samsung rivals to set the tone at Mobile World Congress
Samsung rivals to set the tone at Mobile World Congress Samsung’s decision to hold off launching the next Galaxy phone clears the way for others. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2mdQa1e A woman reacts as she uses a new Samsung Gear 360, a 360-degree camera, at the Mobile World Congress.
7 Great Reasons to Buy Netflix, Inc. and Never Sell
The stock has provided a 62% return over the last 52 weeks, 714% in five years, and a hair-raising 4,300% gain in a decade. The good times are not drawing to a close, either.
George Soros’ Best-Performing Stocks of 2017 So Far
Love him or hate him — casual interest or indifference will also do — there’s no denying hedge-fund billionaire George Soros’ considerable skill predicting and profiting from the movements of financial markets. In a career spanning over six decades, Soros has amassed an estimated $25 billion fortune entirely through trading and investing stocks, bonds, currencies, and the like.
Netflix, Inc. Will Launch 1,000 Hours of Original Content in 2017
Requiring big upfront investments, it was initially unclear just how well these big investments would pay off over the long haul. But as years passed, not only did Netflix’s “Originals” prove to be one of the company’s best strategic moves, but the company has embraced original releases far more than anyone anticipated.
The Top 5 Brands Millennials Love to Love
Market research firm MBLM has released its latest Brand Intimacy Report, which measures the emotional attachment consumers have to various brands. The study reveals that a strong connection is a key ingredient to a better relationship with customers.
Netflix Inc.’s Blowout Quarter in 3 Numbers
The company didn’t disappoint. In fact, it blew past management’s forecasts on both sales and earnings.
Comcast Might Be the Key to Netflix’s Continued Subscriber Growth
Netflix, specifically, saw its penetration remain stagnant at 42%, while Amazon Prime Video saw the largest improvement, increasing penetration 4 percentage points from 23% to 27%. Overall, streaming services are in 51% of U.S. broadband households, according to the survey.
Netflix Rolls Out Teaser for Next Season of ‘House of Cards’ on Inauguration Day
The streaming media giant made a risky and expensive bet on the original content political drama back in 2013. But it clearly has paid off.
Netflix Adding $4.7 Billion To Market Cap As Stock Soars Toward Record High
Shares of Netflix Inc. soared 8.2% toward a record high in premarket trade Thursday, in the wake of a strong fourth-quarter report , which would add about $4.66 billion to video streaming company’s market value. Based on Wednesday’s closing prices, that would push Netflix up eight spots in the S&P 500’s market-cap rankings to 78th, according to FactSet data.
Netflix Gets Seinfeld’s ‘Comedian in Cars’ Series, Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That
The streaming media giant announces a deal for Jerry Seinfeld’s popular online show, which had previously aired on Sony’s Crackle, just prior to reporting fourth-quarter earnings. Netflix this week said the popular comedian’s hit online show, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee , which had run on Sony ‘s digital video platform Crackle since 2012, will be coming to the world’s largest subscription streaming service in late 2017.
Watch Apple Try to Prove its Wacky New Airpods Won’t Fall Out of Your Ears
Over the weekend, the tech giant debuted its first round of ads for its wireless earbuds. Among four of the ads launched is one that shows a young man dancing on the streets of a city wearing the Airpods — of course, not one of the all-white gadgets drops from his ears.
John Malone on Netflix’s Reed Hastings: “He Really Broke the Mold With His Success”
The media mogul told Lionsgate’s Investor Day that traditional media distributors were “asleep at the switch” as Netflix built scale to go direct to consumer. Billionaire media baron John Malone, fresh from helping engineer the Lionsgate-Starz merger to compete on the content side against Netflix, on Tuesday praised the video streaming giant’s CEO, Reed Hastings.
Netflix Offline Viewing Does More Than Satisfy Subscriber Demand
In this segment of Industry Focus: Consumer Goods , Vincent Shen is joined by Fool.com contributor Daniel Kline as they discuss the recent news that Netflix will be rolling out part of its massive content library for offline viewing and what it means for the company. 10 stocks we like better than Netflix When investing geniuses David and Tom Gardner have a stock tip, it can pay to listen.