@thewendylee

Reporter at the Los Angeles Times covering digital media. Former tech reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle.

 San Francisco, CA
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Inside the rift at Netflix as the company faces layoffs and executive shake-ups latimes.com/entertainment-ar…

Inside the rift at Netflix as the company faces layoffs and executive shake-ups

Increasingly, tensions have flared between the L.A.-based executives dedicated to movies and TV shows and its engineers and technicians in Silicon Valley over how best to expand the business and...

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Netflix projects lower than expected 2026 ad revenue in latest earnings report latimes.com/entertainment-ar…

Netflix projects lower-than-expected 2026 ad revenue

Netflix releases its third-quarter earnings results after the market closes on Tuesday.

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Netflix film chief Dan Lin is out in latest executive shuffle latimes.com/entertainment-ar…

Netflix film chief Dan Lin is out in latest executive shuffle

Netflix's film chief Dan Lin has left the company after the streamer conducted massive layoffs last week. He is the second big executive to leave the company.

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A day after Netflix's major layoffs, Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria leaves latimes.com/entertainment-ar…

Netflix Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria exits amid major layoffs

Netflix on Thursday said its Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria is leaving the company and named former Disney executive Peter Rice as her replacement.

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After nearly buying Warner Bros., Netflix is laying off 1,000 workers. What happened? latimes.com/entertainment-ar…

After nearly buying Warner Bros., Netflix is laying off 1,000 workers. What happened?

While Netflix continues to lead subscription streaming services, the company has continued to face growing scrutiny over how it plans to grow the Los Gatos company in the future.

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Netflix plans substantial layoffs, sources say latimes.com/entertainment-ar…

Netflix plans substantial layoffs, sources say

Netflix plans to lay off employees, according to sources familiar with the streaming company's plans. The cuts come after investors have expressed concerns over user engagement. The stock has...

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Joe Rogan renews multimillion-dollar podcast deal with Spotify latimes.com/entertainment-ar…

Joe Rogan renews multimillion-dollar podcast deal with Spotify

Spotify announced that it has renewed its deal with Joe Rogan, who heads the audio company's most popular podcast.

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Meet the Netflix executive who helps decide what 325 million people watch next latimes.com/entertainment-ar…

Meet the Netflix executive who helps decide what 325 million people watch next

Netflix scripted chief Jinny Howe must replace ending franchises like "Stranger Things" and "Outer Banks." Inside her bets on "The Roman," "The Body" and first-time showrunners.

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DOJ seeks more information on $22 billion Roku deal after Trump blasts ouster of Fox News host latimes.com/entertainment-ar…

Justice Department seeks more information on $22-billion Roku deal after Trump blasts ouster of Fox...

The Department of Justice requested additional information from Fox about its planned acquisition of Roku, which operates its own ad-supported streaming service and sells hardware such as Internet-...

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Hollywood studios have sued over AI. Now Google is courting them to use its tools latimes.com/entertainment-ar…

Hollywood studios have sued over AI. Now Google is courting them to use its tools

Tech giant Google has been quietly making overtures to major studios as it tries to find ways to get Hollywood to use its AI technology.

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Lawmakers patch a hole in California's film tax credit, for now latimes.com/entertainment-ar…

Lawmakers patch a hole in California's film tax credit, for now

Earlier this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom implemented a new tax credit cap on corporations. Under a new bill, the state's indie filmmakers received an exemption due to ongoing efforts to revitalize the...

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Hollywood studios have sued over AI. Now Google is courting them to use its tools latimes.com/entertainment-ar…

Hollywood studios have sued over AI. Now Google is courting them to use its tools

Tech giant Google has been quietly making overtures to major studios as it tries to find ways to get Hollywood to use its AI technology.

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Meta's massive settlement may not be enough to improve child safety, experts say latimes.com/business/story/2…

Meta's 'Big Tobacco moment' leaves parents asking if social media is too dangerous for kids

From Australia to India, other countries have also been cracking down on the use of social media by teens.

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Dolly Parton, country music legend who became a national treasure, dies at 80 latimes.com/entertainment-ar…

Dolly Parton, country music legend who became a national treasure, dies at 80

Dolly Parton, a national treasure whose country music career married grit and wit, faith and sex appeal, virtuosity and plastic surgery, has died.

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LAPD investigates Nicolas Cage movie that went missing at Netflix latimes.com/entertainment-ar…

LAPD investigates Nicolas Cage movie that went missing at Netflix

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating a Nicolas Cage movie that went missing at Netflix last month. Producer Simon Afram has sued Netflix seeking economic damages of more than $100...

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How L.A. stopped being Hollywood's leading star latimes.com/entertainment-ar…

How L.A. stopped being Hollywood's leading star

The story of how L.A. steadily lost much of its homegrown industry to other locales is a tale of hubris, escalating costs, political inaction and fierce competition from states and countries hungry...

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Report warns Paramount-Warner merger could erase 4,500 jobs in L.A. latimes.com/entertainment-ar…

Paramount-Warner merger could erase 4,500 jobs in L.A., report says

Paramount's merger with Warner Bros. Discovery could lead to massive job losses, battering an already fragile L.A. entertainment economy.

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AI hallucinated case law in insurance company's filings in L.A. County house fire dispute latimes.com/california/story…

AI hallucinated case law in insurance company's filings in L.A. County house fire dispute

Attorneys for State Farm apologized to a judge for submitting legal briefings rife with AI hallucinations and nonexistent case law, which were not fact-checked.

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CAA boss warns of threat to California's film and TV jobs program latimes.com/entertainment-ar…

CAA boss warns of threat to California's film and TV jobs program

CAA's chief executive warned state leaders that a corporate tax credit cap threatens the state's film and TV jobs program.

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'That was fun.' As L.A. burned, online gamblers bet on how much the fires would destroy latimes.com/california/story…

'That was fun.' As L.A. burned, online gamblers bet on how much the fires would destroy

While Southern California was burning in January 2025, people online were placing money on potential outcomes. Experts say the possibility of making money on disasters can create dangerous incentives.

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