Netflix

• ‘The Good Place,’ ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Developer Tracey Pakosta Is Netflix’s New Head Of Comedy
• Netflix Testing Pre-Programmed, Linear TV-Style Channel Called ‘Direct’ In France

  Netflix is testing a new content consumption experience, pioneering a linear television-like channel in France. The web-based channel -- called Direct -- is not accessible via any Netflix apps but is only be available to subscribers. The service airs pre-programmed French and international feature films and TV series that are available on-demand elsewhere across the service.

  
• Netflix Raises Subscription Prices In The U.S., Causing Shares To Jump 4%

  Netflix is getting a little bit more pricey in the U.S. -- a move that's inevitably unwelcome to subscribers but one that's clearly pleasing Wall Street. 

  
• Netflix Nixes Free Trials In U.S.

  Netflix says no more trying before buying.

  
• Netflix Orders Fourth Season Of Cobra Kai, With Season 3 Set To Bow In January
• Netflix Un-Paywalls ‘Bird Box,’ ‘The Two Popes,’ First Ep Of ‘Stranger Things’ To Tempt More Subscribers
• Netflix Rolls Out Content Shuffle Feature, Wants Viewers To Feel More Like They’re Watching Traditional TV
• Here’s The Trailer For Liza Koshy’s Netflix Film, ‘Work It’, Bowing On August 7
• Insights: Netflix Is Still Winning The Streaming Wars, But That Might Start Getting More Difficult Soon
• Judge Denies Netflix’s Request To Dismiss Discrimination Lawsuit From Comedian Mo’Nique
• Netflix’s Q2 Report: 10 Million New Subscribers, Production Delays For 2021, And Content Head Ted Sarandos Is Now Co-CEO
• ‘Extraction,’ ‘Bird Box,’ ‘The Irishman’ Among Netflix’s Top 10 Most-Watched Original Film Debuts Ever