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For years, Netflix was the envy of Hollywood. But the hit factory, it would seem, has run out of hits. Its shares have halved; subscriber growth has stalled; and last week the streamer fired 1,000 employees. Can Netflix regain its star power? Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/DCESruI

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What a fundamentally broken system, an economic model that can only reward endless cancerous growth instead of rewarding sustainable stability. Sooner or later this poisons and destroys everything.

They should commission, plot and bankroll series that lead to a hard conclusion. Their IP is chock-full of expensive but now almost valueless unfinished series that no one will ever bother picking up because they‘ll be left hanging.

Why subscribe and pay for ads? Content has also dropped off severely: Netflix used to be tentpole, now it’s mostly glossy looking soaps and game shoes, or solid content licenced from domestic broadcasters… with ads.