The Times podcast: The state of the streaming wars
In this photo from June 30, 2016, Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings, left, poses with Ted Sarandos, the company’s chief content officer, during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea. Netflix added a flood of new subscribers amid the COVID-19 pandemic and also offered clues to a possible successor for Hastings, who on July 16, 2020, named Sarandos as co-CEO.
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Listen to this episode of The Times:
Streaming services were one of the few winners from the pandemic, especially Netflix. But the pandemic’s binge boom seems to have burst.
Today, the winners and losers in the streaming wars and how providers are handling the post-quarantine subscriber drop.
Host: Gustavo Arellano
Guests: L.A. Times film business reporter Ryan Faughnder
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About The Times
“The Times” is made by columnist Gustavo Arellano, senior producers Denise Guerra, Shannon Lin and Kasia Broussalian and producers David Toledo, Ashlea Brown and Angel Carreras. Our engineer is Mario Diaz. Our editor is Kinsee Morlan. Our executive producers are Jazmín Aguilera and Shani O. Hilton. Our theme song was composed by Andrew Eapen.
