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Netflix shutters third party app platform, won't affect existing apps

Netflix shutters third party app platform, won
  • Posted March 11, 2013, 6:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Netflix recently announced plans to shutter their public API program. The streaming media company’s director of engineering Daniel Jacobson said in a blog post that the changes are designed to allow them to focus their API efforts on supporting products…

Netflix CEO gets $1.5 million pay cut, stocks remain low

Netflix CEO gets $1.5 million pay cut, stocks remain low
  • Posted December 26, 2011, 3:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Netflix CEO, Reed Hastings, got a lump of coal this Christmas as the company's board chose to halve his stock options. Hastings has been at the helm while mismanagement of the company is widely attributed to the exodus of both…

Netflix calls off Qwikster plans, DVDs staying at Netflix.com

Netflix calls off Qwikster plans, DVDs staying at Netflix.com
  • Posted October 10, 2011, 10:37 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Less than a month since making the official announcement, Netflix is calling off plans to divide its streaming and DVD-by-mail services into two separate entities, its co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings revealed today in an emailed statement.

Netflix splits business in two, DVD-by-mail renamed Qwikster

Netflix splits business in two, DVD-by-mail renamed Qwikster
  • Posted September 19, 2011, 1:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Netflix is moving to formally separate its DVD-by-mail rental service from its video streaming business, as announced back in July. The former will now be called Qwikster and should be accessible through a separate website, while the streaming business will…

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