New content chief Peter Rice will appoint a successor to lead the film operations at a later date. Netflix has declined to comment on the removals, though the internal instability follows an unsuccessful bid for assets of Paramount in competition with Skydance, according to industry reports.
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Netflix Ousts Bela Bajaria and Doug Belgrad in Content Shakeup
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A series of terminations within the creative division has left the streaming giant without 3 of its top movie and television executives. Bela Bajaria and Doug Belgrad are exiting the company alongside film chief Dan Lin, who was fired over the weekend. Lin had recently steered the movie division toward a strategy of fewer, more selective movie releases and a comprehensive reorganization of how the platform categorized its genre structure.
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