Netflix

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DVD-by-mail company turned streaming studio, unusually well documented by its own founders as well as by outside reporters.

8 books

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  1. That Will Never WorkMarc Randolph, 2019
  2. No Rules RulesReed Hastings, Erin Meyer, 2020
  3. NetflixedGina Keating, 2012

Books 8

The Content Trap
T2 The Content Trap
Bharat Anand · 2016 · Strategy framework for the connections business Netflix built.
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That Will Never Work
T2 That Will Never Work
Marc Randolph · 2019 · Insider founding memoir by Netflix's first CEO and co-founder.
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Reed Hastings
No Rules Rules
T2 No Rules Rules
Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer · 2020 · Insider account by the co-founder and CEO of the Netflix culture.
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Matt MullenwegAlex LiebermanBen HorowitzGuy Spier
Netflixed
T3 Netflixed
Gina Keating · 2012 · Reported history of the DVD era and the Blockbuster fight.
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Balaji S. Srinivasan
Blockbusters
T3 Blockbusters
Anita Elberse · 2013 · Hit economics that explain Netflix's later spending strategy.
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Streaming, Sharing, Stealing
T3 Streaming, Sharing, Stealing
Michael D. Smith, Rahul Telang · 2016 · Data economics of the shift from studios to streamers.
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Binge Times
T3 Binge Times
Dade Hayes, Dawn Chmielewski · 2022 · The streaming wars Netflix started, from the studios' side.
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Netflix Nations
T4 Netflix Nations
Ramon Lobato · 2019 · The geography and licensing constraints of global streaming.
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