Netflix

• 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

  Netflix is moving into original podcasts with a comedy show led by Pete Davidson and a sports series helmed by Michael Irvin.

  
• A $25 million goodbye to Stranger Things

  Stranger Things, the show that arguably made Netflix into what it is today--that is, an entity capable of absorbing Warner Bros. Discovery--is officially over. And for its last hurrah? It brought movie theaters a cash injection of $25-28 million, people familiar with the matter told Variety.

  
• YouTube touts TV podcast viewership–right after Netflix poached its shows

  On Dec. 18, a couple days after Netflix's twin announcements, YouTube published a short, single-purpose blog post. That single purpose? To convey exactly how much podcast watch time YouTube is banking on TVs alone, and remind Netflix that it may take creators' shows, but it'll still lag behind on Nielsen's charts.

  
• Can Netflix use a Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition to break into movie theaters?
• Can Netflix apply its streaming playbook to the world of video podcasts?
• Netflix is going whole hog on gen AI–but it still wants production partners to follow some rules
• Netflix’s continued creator push brings Mark Rober on board
• ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ has taken over Netflix and the pop charts. Now you can sing along in movie theaters.
• Netflix is treating YouTube like a “farm league” for creators. How’s that working out?
• As ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ and ‘Squid Game’ top charts, Netflix is going all-in on Korean exports
• Netflix’s latest digital creator pickup is webnovel ‘Solo Leveling’