Edition No. 21 · Sun 12 Jul 2026 · Story 5 of 16

Ted Sarandos' YouTube Panic: Inside Netflix's Cheap-Content Pivot

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Matt Belloni and Julia Alexander call it Ted Sarandos's YouTube panic: a pivot to cheaper content to defend watch-time, with Netflix stock down about 40%.

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