Netflix Cuts 1,000 Jobs and Swaps Content Chiefs as Wall Street Trims Targets Before Q3 - ad-hoc-news.de
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Netflix will report third-quarter 2026 results after the U.S. market close today, with the release scheduled for roughly 1:01 p.m. Pacific time and a management Q&A set for 13:45 Pacific. Investors tuning in are looking at a company in the middle of an organizational overhaul - and at a stock that has barely budged in early trading. The shares were quoted at EUR 62.21 on Tuesday morning, down 0.1%, after closing at EUR 62.28 on Monday. On October 14, Netflix said it would cut about 6% of its workforce - close to 1,000 positions, the deepest single round of layoffs the company has seen in years. The reductions fall mainly on product, technology, legal and human resources. Management is responding to heavier operating demands and adjusting its cost base as the streaming market matures. The creative side is changing too. Netflix named Peter Rice Chief Content Officer effective October 26. He takes over the global content organization from Bela Bajaria, who leaves the company after nearly a decade. Should investors sell immediately? Or is it worth buying Netflix? Signs of softer user activity in the quarter have added to the nervous mood. According to Apptopia data reported by Reuters, U.S. user churn climbed 16.6% in the third quarter from a year earlier, while downloads of the mobile app in the U.S. and Canada fell 20%. Those figures raise questions about whether subscriber...
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