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Netflix: Reed Hastings. “We’re Not a Family.” The Provocative Idea That Helped Build a Streaming Giant

2026-02-09 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·1h 24m ·by Guy Raz / NPR
Netflix: Reed Hastings. “We’re Not a Family.” The …
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Netflix shouldn’t have survived. In 1997, Blockbuster owned home entertainment— 9,000 stores , a business fueled by late fees, and a brand that felt untouchable. Netflix was a scrappy DVD-by-mail experiment that almost sold itself off to stay alive. So how did Netflix win? In this conversation, Reed