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Why not premiere movies on Netflix the same day they're opening in theaters? Listen to the consumer; give the consumer what they want.


Ted Sarandos

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MICHAEL MOSS Put your consumers in focus, and listen to what they're actually saying, not what they tell you.
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LORIN MORGAN-RICHARDS They're saying we will not violate consumer protection laws again. If they believe they didn't do it...
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KATHERINE ALBRECHT And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows.
DICK WOLF The longer people watch Netflix and the longer they stay members - they're the criteria of succe...
TED SARANDOS The findings are invaluable to business owners and policy- makers in our communities. They use the d...
JAMES HOLMES When you focus on the consumer, the consumer responds.
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JEFF BEZOS There's a significant portion of people out there not sure on a day-to-day basis where they stand. T...
ALLEN GROMMET We don't want herbal roulette, it's not fair to the consumer ... they should have a product that's b...
ELLIOT FRIEDMAN I'm convinced normal people miss the majority of God's blessings because they're too busy to notice ...
CRAIG GROESCHEL The problem with the auto industry is layered upon the lack of consumer confidence. People are not b...
JENNIFER GRANHOLM It?s one of those little movies that if smaller theaters don?t run them, they?re never going to surv...
BUTCH RIGBY They have nobody to answer to. And the consumer is not getting a deal, either.
GARY GOLLEHON Does your business speak to your consumer without you opening your mouth?
JOHN DI LEMME Folks are wandering around that proverbial parking lot of the Internet all day long, without giving ...
JAMES COMEY A conscience that is forbidden to operate in the choice of goals for economic activity is not consci...
LESSLIE NEWBIGIN Whenever you confuse the consumer, they defer purchases.
ROB ENDERLE It's in our best interest to put some of the old rules aside and create new ones and follow the cons...
ROBERT IGER A lot of times, we're just sold these movies that are really cynically conceived and marketed, a...
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CHUCK KLOSTERMAN Sony doesn't want to punish the consumer.
HOWARD STRINGER When you grow up there are things that you would love to do make your father proud is one and have f...
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DAN GILBERT I'm not expecting awards. I want the Philippine audience to troop to the theaters. I did not make th...
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JAMES BURKHARD Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect th...
MILTON FRIEDMAN It tends to deceive the consumer into thinking they're buying something fresh when they are not.
DONNA ROSENBAUM The consumer reporting agencies used to view (consumer interaction) as kind of an expense and onerou...
JOHN DANAHER The consumer is deciding what they want to see and when and how, and filmmakers are more aware and a...
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MARC ANDREESEN Listen, the Latin people, I love the Latin people. They are so loyal to you. Even if you haven't...
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JAIME CAMIL Great guys exist. They may not be in the package you think you like, and they may not come when you ...
CHELSEA HANDLER When you live in the present, the past is forgotten & the future takes care of itself.
MANDY HALE The whole rationale is being driven by the consumer. They want the whole home solution with the best...
JAMES MURDOCH I listen to Helmet - and I love Helmet, they're a great band - but every song sounds the same.
ADAM JONES The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense.
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GEORGE R. R. MARTIN Even though producers may not be getting the percentage of the consumer dollar that they want, that ...
GARY TAYLOR The person earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25 isn't going out to eat at restaurants. They...
NICK HANAUER You have to give people permission to laugh. That's why they would always cut to the banana peel...
DANNY DEVITO Obviously, movies and music videos are different because they're different lengths, and in a mov...
SPIKE JONZE I wish, to be honest with you, for African American films that we could get a few more theaters. The...
VIVICA A. FOX Independent films in this country are in the same position. Miramax and Fine Line are not independen...
DENNIS HOPPER And what do they want!?
DEYTH BANGER The consumer is not on a spending binge - consumer spending has moderated and I don't think there's ...
GREG VALLIERE Reasons... questions... what they have in common?

- All get finded in the hard way.
DEYTH BANGER We're going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things you...
IAN JACKSON You can get any film now basically for free, and that's where I think the model we're talkin...
DANA BRUNETTI What's great about HBO is they just care about quality. They care about the brand. They're n...
EDDIE KAYE THOMAS They will let the consumer lead, and they will follow them to where, and importantly, when, they lea...
GARY STIBEL Obviously we're a consumer nation and you have the power to influence these big corporations who...
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DAN LEVITAN I wouldn't mind if the consumer culture went poof! overnight because then we'd all be in the same bo...
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GERHARD COETZEE They do think it is a big summer movie and that's why they want to give it a great chance, but t...
DAVID R. ELLIS People go to movies or listen to music because they want to be inspired.
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TED DANSON I became interested in ocean issues in the 1980s when I couldn't take my daughters swimming beca...
TED DANSON The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are ve...
TED DANSON Looking out at the ocean, it's easy to feel small - and to imagine all your troubles, suddenly i...
TED DANSON We're not trying to reinvent the wheel; for any environmental organization to claim sole respons...
TED DANSON We have a project with Unocal here in Los Angeles, where we as an environmental organization, the oi...
TED DANSON Cloning, wow. Who would have thought? There should be a list of people who can and cannot clone them...
TED DANSON The industrial way we fish for seafood is harming the marine habitats that all ocean life depends up...
TED DANSON You use and lose a lot of energy being grumpy.
TED DANSON Humor can bring people under the tent. And a good joke can deflect some of the intensity surrounding...
TED DANSON The planet will survive. Whether we get to be here and enjoy it, or enjoy life as we've known it...
TED DANSON Years ago, we all talked about recycling and not dumping things down your drain and all of that, but...
TED DANSON I have been proud to fight and stand for religious liberty, to stand against Planned Parenthood, to ...
TED CRUZ When my father came over here penniless with $100 sewn into his underwear, thank God some well-meani...
TED CRUZ The power of the American people, when we rise up and stand for liberty, knows no bounds.
TED CRUZ We are witnessing a great awakening. Millions of Texans, millions of Americans are rising up to recl...
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