Netflix

• Reed Hastings leaves Netflix, which says it “really built our M&A muscle” during failed deal with Warner Bros. Discovery
• Netflix’s “Opening Night” MLB coverage was a swing and a miss

  Netflix has a chance to hit a home run with its first regular season MLB broadcast, but its aggressive self-promotion ruined the fun.

  
• Netflix just dropped its Warner Bros. bid. Investors are thrilled.

  "We've always been disciplined, and at the price required to match Paramount Skydance's latest offer, the deal is no longer financially attractive, so we are declining to match the Paramount Skydance bid," Netflix said in a statement.

  
• Netflix is doing it live

  On Jan. 25, Netflix drew over 6 million people with a livestream of famed free solo climber Alex Honnold scaling Taipei 101 with zero safety gear. 

  
• Netflix just signed its biggest creator deal yet
• “YouTube has kind of this attitude, like, ‘You’re lucky to be on YouTube'”: Spotify’s Head of Talk Strategy dunks on YouTube after Netflix deal
• Can a docuseries bring “the Alix Earle effect” to Netflix?
• Netflix CEO says YouTube “is TV”: “We all compete with them in every dimension”
• Netflix is counting on Alan Chikin Chow to deliver its next K-pop hit
• Netflix wants to become a daily habit with its (original) podcasts
• A $25 million goodbye to Stranger Things
• YouTube touts TV podcast viewership–right after Netflix poached its shows