Netflix CEO Fires Top Executive After Use of Racial Slur - Wall Street Journal

Netflix Inc. has named a new communications chief, announcing the hire about two months after the previous executive was fired for using a racial slur in conversations at work......»»

Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings said he fired his chief.....»»

The executive used the slur twice — the second time while talking with black employees who were helping him deal with the fallout from the first time he used it, a company memo said......»»

Barnes & Noble Inc. has fired Chief Executive Demos Parneros for policy violations. The company says he was removed as a board member and will not receive a severance package, according to The Wall Street Journal. A spokesperson for the company r.....»»

Papa John’s International Inc.’s founder says “it was a mistake” to step down as chairman. John Schnatter is questioning how the pizza company’s board investigated his use of a racial slur......»»

When movie executive Scott Stuber left a production deal at Universal Pictures in 2017 to become head of original films for Netflix Inc., he didn’t take a stapler or a box of pens with him. He took “Bird Box.”.....»»

21st Century Fox Inc. executive John Landgraf took issue with data Netflix Inc. recently released on viewership of its movies and series, saying the information creates a false impression of the streaming-video company’s success......»»

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. has made enough of a key ingredient to yield more than 100 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine, and federal health regulators are evaluating whether to release the shots, Emergent’s chief executive said......»»

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn’s investment firm Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ: IEP) has hired a former General Electric Co (NYSE: GE) executive as the company’s CEO, the Wall Street Journal read more.....»»

Icahn Enterprises current CEO Keith Cozza and chief financial officer SungHwan Cho are leaving the firm, according to the Wall Street Journal. Carl .....»»

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk said the company paused activity at its lone U.S. car plant in Fremont, Calif., because of parts shortages but has restarted operations......»»

WeWork co-founder and former Chief Executive Adam Neumann is in advanced tal.....»»

An executive at Tencent Ho.....»»

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday named Suzanne Clark as its new chief executive, succeeding retiring CEO Thomas Donohue, who has led the organization since 1997......»»

Parler, a moderation-light social media platform that was forced offline last month by tech giants over how it policed its content, has fired its chief executive......»»

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. slashed Chief Executive David Solomon’s 2020 pay by 36%, punishment for the bank’s admission last year that it broke U.S. laws in its dealings with an investment fund at the heart of a global corruption ring......»»

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. is to name a departing Starbucks Corp. executive its new CEO, the Wall Street Journal reported late Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Earlier Tuesday, the coffee chain announced that Chief Operat.....»»

Apollo and Hudson Executive had five days to increase their offer, but they decided not to do so, sources told the Wall Street Journal......»»

President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese-connected apps, including the Alipay payment platform owned by Chinese billionaire Jack Ma’s Ant Group Co......»»

Tesla Inc. TSLA Chief Executive Elon Musk said .....»»