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

Nobody wants to use the data.

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

Rob Caruso, the cable channel’s VP of digital projects, heads to the all-digital video service.
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Reed Hastings’s $300 Million Year

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

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.

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

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?

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 …

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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Survey Says: More Good News for Reed Hastings

Remember when everyone said they were done with Netflix? Now they’re back.
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Amazon Makes Murmurs About Its Video Business

It’s certainly no Netflix killer, at least not now. But Jeff Bezos and company say Web video usage, and spending, are increasing.
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How Do You Market a TV Show Without a TV Network? Ask Netflix.

Perhaps you’ve heard that “House of Cards” and “Arrested Development” are coming to the video service. But what if you haven’t?
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Netflix Talks a Little Trash About the Competition

Time Warner Cashes Another Check From the Albanian Army

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

Netflix-Backed Video-Sharing Bill Moves Ahead, Again

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

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

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

Watching Netflix on a Big Screen? You’re Probably on a PS3.

Reed Hastings on Microsoft: Watch Windows 8, Not Surface

Netflix CEO: Amazon Losing Up to $1 Billion a Year on Streaming Video

Netflix Has Plenty of Competitors, and None of Them Are Close

Netflix: Thanks for the Advice, Carl

Netflix Says Amazon Is Gaining and HBO Is Coming

When Will Amazon Take on Netflix Directly? Ask Jeff Bezos.