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  "id": 15808222,
  "title": "Ted Sarandos Praises Axed Bela Bajaria On Eve Of Peter Rice’s Netflix Debut",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/ted-sarandos-praises-axed-bela-bajaria-on-eve-of-peter-rices-netflix",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-20T21:11:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/netflix-ted-sarandos-bela-bajaria-praise-peter-rice-1237169024/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Five days after Bela Bajaria was fired as Netflix’s Chief Content Officer and replaced by Peter Rice, Ted Sarandos had nothing but kind words for his former loyal lieutenant, kinda. “Bela had an incredible decade-long run here,” the amped up co-CEO said during Netflix’s Q3 earnings call Tuesday, praising the decade-long employee “for all of […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Ted Sarandos Explains Why He Chose Peter Rice to Run Netflix’s Content Strategy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/ted-sarandos-explains-why-he-chose-peter-rice-to-run-netflixs-content",
        "published": "2026-10-20T21:04:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Ted Sarandos Praises Axed Bela Barjaria On Eve Of Peter Rice’s Netflix Debut",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/ted-sarandos-praises-axed-bela-barjaria-on-eve-of-peter-rices-netflix",
        "published": "2026-10-20T21:11:31.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}