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In Media, Big Data Is Booming but Big Results Are Lacking

Nobody wants to use the data.

Ben Elowitz, CEO, Wetpaint in Voices
May 20, 2013 at 12:51 pm PT

Reed Hastings

Co-Founder and CEO
Netflix, Inc.

Hastings co-founded Netflix as a DVD rental-by-mail company in 1997. In 2002, Netflix went public, and in 2003, Netflix reached 1 million subscribers. Thanks to streaming content over the Internet, Netflix now has over 20 million subscribers. Earlier in his career, in 1991, he founded Pure Software, which made tools for Unix software developers. He built Pure into one of the world's 50 largest public software companies before selling it to Rational Software in 1997. Reed received a BA from Bowdoin College and an MSCS in AI degree from Stanford University. Between Bowdoin and Stanford, Reed served in the Peace Corps as a high school math teacher in Swaziland. That may have been an easier task than his current one: dealing with media and cable companies who fear disruptive change.

Posts With Reed Hastings

Netflix Nabs an HBO Engineer

in Media on May 13 at 2:43 pm PT

Rob Caruso, the cable channel’s VP of digital projects, heads to the all-digital video service.
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Voices

Is Internet Killing the Video Star?

in Voices on May 3 at 9:40 am PT

Applying lessons learned from the music industry to TV.
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LivingSocial, Netflix and the Galaxy S 4 Reviewed — 10 Things You Need to See on AllThingsD This Week

in News on April 27 at 10:38 am PT

A convenient roundup of the Top 10 stories that powered AllThingsD.com this week.
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Reed Hastings’s $300 Million Year

in Media on April 26 at 2:54 pm PT

Most people would be unhappy about a $3.8 million pay cut. But the Netflix CEO is doing just fine.
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How Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Sees the Future: Netflix Wins, Apps Win and So Do HBO, ESPN and the Cable Guys

in Media on April 24 at 1:27 pm PT

An 11-page guided tour of the future. If you’re in a hurry, we’ve got the Cliff’s Notes here.
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Adios, Dora? Why Netflix Can Afford to Get Pickier About Its Content Deals.

in Media on April 23 at 3:00 am PT

The digital gravy train may be coming to a halt for the movie and TV guys. It was good while it lasted.
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Netflix Says Its “House of Cards” Strategy Worked, and Wall Street Agrees

in Media on April 22 at 2:14 pm PT

Binge-viewing works, says Reed Hastings. Or, at least the buzz about binge-viewing works. Meanwhile: It may be time to say adios to Dora and Diego.
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Was “House of Cards” Worth It for Netflix?

in Media on April 22 at 7:45 am PT

The buzz is gone. What do the numbers look like? It’s possible we’ll find out today — but don’t count on it.
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If Netflix Were on TV, It Might Be the Biggest Network on Cable. But About That New Show …

in Media on April 11 at 1:55 pm PT

Netflix subscribers watched a record 4 billion hours of video last quarter, which makes it as big as the Disney Channel. But they may not tune in for “Hemlock Grove.”
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Voices

Netflix Cues Up Facebook, Twitter for Disclosure

in News on April 11 at 4:04 am PT

Netflix Inc. is making it official: It “likes” social media.

For Netflix and the SEC, a Facebook Share Is Public Enough (With Caveats, of Course!)

in News, April 2, 2013 at 1:41 pm PT

Survey Says: More Good News for Reed Hastings

in Media, March 13, 2013 at 5:07 am PT

Waiting Is Dead

Amazon Makes Murmurs About Its Video Business

in Media, January 30, 2013 at 6:26 am PT

How Do You Market a TV Show Without a TV Network? Ask Netflix.

in Media, January 25, 2013 at 3:43 pm PT

Netflix Talks a Little Trash About the Competition

in Media, January 23, 2013 at 2:29 pm PT

Time Warner Cashes Another Check From the Albanian Army

in Media, January 14, 2013 at 10:26 am PT

Netflix to Increase CEO Hastings’s Pay for 2013

in Media, December 28, 2012 at 4:05 pm PT

Netflix-Facebook Sharing Bill Clears Senate, Waiting for Obama’s Okay

in Media, December 20, 2012 at 8:33 pm PT

Netflix-Backed Video-Sharing Bill Moves Ahead, Again

in Media, December 19, 2012 at 6:58 am PT

Amazon Adds a Couple More Time Warner Streaming Shows You Can’t See on Netflix

in Media, December 17, 2012 at 7:02 am PT

The Redbox Verizon Movie Service Is Almost Ready to Take On Netflix

in Media, December 11, 2012 at 9:00 pm PT

For Netflix and the SEC, a Facebook Share Should Be Public Enough

in Social, December 7, 2012 at 6:00 am PT

Netflix Gets Wells Notice Over CEO Hastings’s Facebook Post

in Media, December 6, 2012 at 2:52 pm PT

Big Movies, Big Bill: Netflix Pays Up for a Disney Exclusive

in Media, December 4, 2012 at 3:16 pm PT