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2026-10-16 UTC
 
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Netflix Ousts Content Chief Bajaria After Decade as Share Price Slides

Peter Rice, a former Disney and Fox executive, takes over programming decisions as the company tries to halt a stock decline.

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Netflix replaced chief content officer Bela Bajaria with former Disney and Fox executive Peter Rice in a move the Financial Times frames as an effort to arrest a declining share price.

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Netflix Shares Under Pressure Before Shake-Up. Netflix's stock slide is the stated reason the board cited for ousting content chief Bela Bajaria, so tracking the recent price path shows what prompted the move.

Netflix Shares Under Pressure Before Shake-Up

Netflix's stock slide is the stated reason the board cited for ousting content chief Bela Bajaria, so tracking the recent price path shows what prompted the move.

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Netflix named Peter Rice as its new content chief, ending Bela Bajaria's nearly ten-year run overseeing programming decisions, according to the Financial Times and Investing.com. Rice previously held senior roles at Disney and 21st Century Fox. The FT reported the change was made explicitly to address a falling share price, tying a leadership shuffle directly to investor concern about content strategy rather than routine succession planning. That framing suggests the board sees the content slate, not just subscriber numbers or pricing, as the lever it wants to pull. What remains unresolved is what Rice intends to do differently. No programming strategy changes, budget shifts or executive hires beneath him have been announced yet.
What would change this view

This reads as a strategy reset rather than a cosmetic change only if Rice announces concrete programming or spending changes within the next two quarters; if Netflix's content slate and guidance remain unchanged through its next earnings report, the move will look largely symbolic.

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