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It is clear that for many of our members two websites would make things more difficult, so we are going to keep Netflix as one place to go for streaming and DVDs.

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Reed Hastings
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: January 1
Chief Executive Officer
Entrepreneur
NZ
Wilmot Reed Hastings
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