KJ Boyle
Writer and Researcher. Philly sports enthusiast. Looking into revolving doors
- How are they not embarrassed?
- In a hearing ostensibly "examining the competitive impacts" of the Netflix and Warner Bros merger, Ted Cruz asks Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos and Warner Bros exec Bruce Campbell about ... the Billie Eilish Grammy acceptance speech
- Worth keeping an eye on this story: Heritage Foundation-linked group is trying to frame Netflix as being some super liberal company that puts out super liberal content (it's not). Same strategy they successfully used against traditional media and social media. deadline.com/2026/02/netf...
- Noah Smith is on Twitter promoting this—a video of Cruz asking executives about a Billie Eilish Grammy speech in a hearing about the competition impacts of an $83 billion merger—as a “winning issue” for the GOP
- The Senate brought the Netflix CEO and a Warner Bros. exec to testify before Congress about the "competitive impact" of their proposed merger. But rather than conduct serious oversight of corporate consolidation, Republicans are using the opportunity complain about CNN.
- Here's Sen. Josh Hawley going on a transphobic rant about "highly sexualized, highly controversial" material that he claims makes up "almost half" of Netflix's children's programming. Sarandos: "I don't believe that's been your personal experience."
- Hawley: It offends me that Netflix is pushing this content at parents in what seems to be a very coordinated, thought through, planned out agenda in way that certainly undermines me and my wife. Again, this is a hearing about the merger's impact on competition.
- Mr. Monopoly makes an appearance at the Netflix/Warner Bros hearing
- Before the season I asked my Grandpop, Dad, and brother if they thought Embiid would have a 40 piece this season. They all said no. Tonight, I was proven correct.