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In the long term, you have to believe that movies and TV shows will be like the opera and the novel, pretty nichey businesses.

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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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Movies
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Opera
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