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Julia Alexander

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
346 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Netflix is eating Hollywood โ€” because it has to

But I do think Netflix, there's a coolness to it.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Netflix is eating Hollywood โ€” because it has to

And I was talking to this media investor a while back, and we were talking about knowing when to sell.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Netflix is eating Hollywood โ€” because it has to

And the thing they said to me, and they work with a lot of kind of notable athletes, they said to me, they're like, my biggest concern is you have founders and CEOs who do not want to sell because they think that they're still riding the level of cool.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Netflix is eating Hollywood โ€” because it has to

But cool is a very quick factor that goes away.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Netflix is eating Hollywood โ€” because it has to

And so you have to know when, okay, this is my off-put and I'm going to go here.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Netflix is eating Hollywood โ€” because it has to

And I think there's a level with Netflix where they are still riding that cool.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Netflix is eating Hollywood โ€” because it has to

There is this level of like, it's Netflix.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Netflix is eating Hollywood โ€” because it has to

We think this could be a really big business.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Netflix is eating Hollywood โ€” because it has to

It's exciting to kind of see play out.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Netflix is eating Hollywood โ€” because it has to

This is the first major acquisition that Netflix has done.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Netflix is eating Hollywood โ€” because it has to

The one before this was, I think the

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Netflix is eating Hollywood โ€” because it has to

the Roald Dahl library for about $750 million, $800 million, versus, again, the Paramount side where the cool has been gone for years, for decades.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Netflix is eating Hollywood โ€” because it has to

And so, again, it just feels like Netflix seems to have a better plan.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Netflix is eating Hollywood โ€” because it has to

How much they stick to, to your point, we don't know.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Netflix is eating Hollywood โ€” because it has to

How much they actually stick to beyond what they're contractually obligated to stick to, who knows?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Netflix is eating Hollywood โ€” because it has to

But the fact that they...

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Netflix is eating Hollywood โ€” because it has to

have the big movies and the big TV shows, and they're the number one premium streamer, I think really does do a lot for shareholders.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Netflix is eating Hollywood โ€” because it has to

It's two names, and they are heavily related to entertainment in a way that Hollywood detests, and it's Neil Mohan and Sam Allman.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Netflix is eating Hollywood โ€” because it has to

And at this point, Netflix is cool because Netflix has proven that it's committed to, maybe not theatrical, but committed to filmmakers, right?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Netflix is eating Hollywood โ€” because it has to

They took on The Irishman, the big Martin Scorsese movie when no one else would do it.