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Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos is still supportive of comedian Dave Chappelle, as he proved at last night’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland. Sarandos, joined by his wife, Nicole Avant, was there to support his father-in-law, former Motown Chairman Clarence Avant, who was getting…

The blast radius from the controversy over Dave Chappelle's repeated remarks about the trans and LGBTQ+ communities in his Netflix special The Closer has now extended further as the National Labor Relations Board is reviewing bruising charges of "unfair labor practices" against the streamer. Naming co-CEO Ted Sarandos…

After nearly three weeks of controversy, Netflix’s firing and suspensions of trans staff, and protests on the streets of Hollywood over remarks centered on the trans and LGBTQ+ communities by Dave Chappelle in his special The Closer, the comedian is finally responding significantly — and it’s a mixed bag, to put it…

Corporate CEOs hate political noise. Comedians thrive on it. Did Netflix's co-CEOs sense that they would be stirring both noise and protest rallies when they signed onto Dave Chappelle? Or when they then defied CEO precedent by publicly defending him –then, in a blur of counter-transphobic rhetoric, suggested that…

Netflix on Wednesday strongly contested the insistence of a now-fired staffer that the staffer did not leak confidential financial information about Dave Chappelle and others to the press. “While we would never normally talk about an investigation like this, these claims are not supported by the facts,” a spokesperson…

The fallout from Dave Chappelle’s harsh words about trans and LGBTQ+ communities in his Netflix special The Closer crested Wednesday with a walkout and rally that saw more than 100 protesters and allies attend, and present their “list of asks” to the company in the wake of the controversy. B. Pagels-Minor, the Netflix…

Hours before the planned walkout today of Netflix’s trans employees and their allies, the streamer issued a statement in support of the protest action. “We value our trans colleagues and allies, and understand the deep hurt that's been caused,” a Netflix spokesperson said.  “We respect the decision of any employee who…

Today was a big day for Netflix, which reported strong quarterly earnings and “mind-boggling” 142 million households that have sampled runaway hit Squid Game. But the celebration was subdued in the streamer’s upper echelons as the company is still reeling from the internal — and external — backlash against transphobic…

Reed Hastings might not have wanted to talk Monday about Dave Chappelle and the controversy around remarks centered on the trans and LGBTQ+ communities in his Netflix special The Closer, but the Netflix staffer who called out the streamer on the "attacks" in the October 5-launched show certainly does – in-depth and at…

Organizers of a planned walkout this week at Netflix of the streamers’ trans employees said Monday that they will present a list of “firm asks” to company co-CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos and are working on a public service announcement supporting their cause that includes participation from Queer Eye‘s…

"All philanthropy today," Netflix’s Reed Hastings said Monday at the Milken Conference after moderator and CNBC correspondent Julia Boorstin lamented that she wasn't able to ask the co-CEO about the Dave Chappelle backlash, earnings or anything else related to the streamer. Staying strictly on message, Hastings today…

Now things are really getting messy. Netflix has today fired a long time employee who leaked confidential financial information in response to the streamer’s launch of Dave Chappelle’s controversial The Closer special on October 5. “We have let go of an employee for sharing confidential, commercially sensitive…