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Andy Meek
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You don't often hear Netflix executives, and certainly not the streamer's highly competitive CEO Reed Hastings, talk too much about "the one that got away" and about losing out to rivals who outbid them for the next hot show to license. That's partly because of much content is already available on Netflix, meaning the losses don't matter as much the way they might for a smaller player. Netflix is also such a massive juggernaut that's transformed popular culture, such that talent (including at least one former president) is constantly beating down Netflix's door, not the other way around.
Nevertheless, there's at least one show Netflix's chief executive will publicly admit he wishes was on Netflix instead of a rival. It's on Amazon, which outbid Netflix for the show, and the show is Phoebe Waller-Bridge's critically acclaimed comedy Fleabag.
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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings wishes this Amazon show was on Netflix originally appeared on BGR.com on Sat, 21 Sep 2019 at 09:01:38 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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