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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…

EXCLUSIVE: There's a famous line from the Spanish poet Antonio Machado that is familiar to most Spaniards: "Caminante, no hay camino. Se hace camino al andar," which translates as "Traveler, there is no path. The path is made by walking."  If there's one Spanish company that is determinedly paving…

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Netflix said today it plans to award its co-chief operating officers identical compensation packages for 2024 worth $40 million each. Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters will receive a $3 million base salary; a target bonus of $6 million; a RSU award with a total value of $15.5 million and a PSU award also…