Why Did Netflix Boot Bela Bajaria?

Why Did Netflix Boot Bela Bajaria? hakkında magazin dünyasında yaşanan en son ayrıntılar ve sıcak gelişmeler netleşti. Oct 15, 2026 6:43pm PT Why Did Netflix Boot Bela Bajaria? By Matt Donnelly , Michael Schneider Add us as a Google Preferred Source Comments Fear and loathing are running high as Hollywood processes Thursday’s shock firing of Bela Bajaria from her post as Netflix chief content officer.

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Yes, the company that popularized the “ keeper test ” is known for abrupt exits. But despite Netflix’s recent stock struggles, many considered Bajaria too big to fail.

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Word of her ouster leaked before the executive had the chance to address most of her internal teams — an announcement dovetailed with news of her incoming replacement, the venerated film and TV executive Peter Rice . As the former general entertainment chairman of the Walt Disney Company, Rice’s bona fides are clear — “I wish I bought stock this morning,” one huge talent rep said about Netflix’s new hire — but it doesn’t explain how Bajaria fell out of favor so fast.

One word that came up in nearly a dozen conversations with industry players this afternoon about Bajaria’s pink-slipping: “scapegoat.” Netflix is obviously against the ropes again, after slowing user engagement on the service rattled Wall Street investors and layoffs came this week as a sacrifice to the share price. But Bajaria’s dismissal makes it clear, according to the numerous sources we spoke with, that content is once again going to take it on the chin.

“People always blame the content,” said the source, “but you don’t lay off 1,000 people unless there’s a big problem with the business model.” Bajaria’s exit echoes similarly shocking removals in Netflix history — notably that of Cindy Holland, the company’s first content queen who oversaw flagship hits like “House of Cards,” “Stranger Things” and “The Crown.” Holland was ousted in 2020, when Sarandos combined English-language and international content under Bajaria (elevating the latter to the largest autonomous content job in the streamer’s history). Holland, one insider with knowledge of Netflix observed to Variety , built a business of boutique hits.

Bajaria’s foresight was sharper, investing in local language productions and building up Netflix’s global presence (almost two dozen international offices were opened during Bajaria’s reign). She is also credited internally with pushing the streamer into live entertainment.

Bajaria was on the “ground floor” of licensing deals with WWE and the NFL, which have proven significant draws for the ad-supported tier of Netflix subscribers, per the source. Her talent relations were on par with others at her level (Bajaria was ubiquitous at premieres and launches in film and TV, most recently at Sarandos’ side at the L.A.

premiere of Ben Affleck’s “Animals”). “The problem isn’t engagement,” said yet another person with knowledge of Netflix.

“It’s that the only lever to pull for revenue growth is raising the subscriber price. How’s that Bela’s problem?

Where’s the CFO and the CEO?” Interestingly, we hear that Rice came into play only a few weeks ago when he was reported to be interviewing with Skydance co-CEO Ynon Kreiz for a top position at that newly combined company. The lunch meeting, one source familiar with the men said, was called so Kreiz could request that Rice replace him on the board of his former company Mattel.

Regardless, it alerted the town that Rice was done with semi-retirement (a producing deal with A24) and ready to come back to a big job. Another hot Thursday rumor said that Rice also met recently with NBCUniversal

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