Netflix

• Netflix’s perceived value is falling, but it’s still the most indispensable streaming service
• TheOdd1sOut announces ‘Oddballs,’ an animated Netflix series

  James Rallison, the creator behind the animation channel TheOdd1sOut, announced at VidCon that he will launch a Netflix series, 'Oddballs'.

  
• Netflix cuts another 300 staffers

  “Today we sadly let go of around 300 employees,” a Netflix spokesperson told Variety.

  
• Netflix is reportedly eyeing Google as a potential ad supplier

  The Information previously reported Netflix had met with Comcast, Comcast's subsidiary NBCUniversal, and Roku to discuss teaming up on ad sales and/or on the new technical infrastructure Netflix will need to run ads against its content.

  
• At least 40 employees from marginalized backgrounds lost their jobs in Netflix’s latest round of cuts
• Netflix wants its employees to be more frugal (and wants more shows like ‘Emily in Paris’)
• Netflix will contend for Best Picture with Alejandro González Iñárritu’s next movie
• Wait, Netflix is doing ads?
• ‘Saturday Night Live’ got Netflix to make a “short-ass movies” category
• Netflix really, really wants subscribers to stop sharing their passwords. So it’s letting them pay to add friends.
• Netflix wants to know if it’s cake. Takes slice from viral TikTok trend.
• Netflix acquires second studio to build free video games for its subscribers