Paley Dialogue New York

Beyond the Stream: A Conversation with Ted Sarandos of Netflix

Friday, March 28, 2025

Lunch: 12:30 pm
Conversation and Q&A: 1:00 – 2:00 pm
The Paley Center for Media, 25 West 52 Street, NYC

Join Ted Sarandos, Co-CEO of Netflix, for an exclusive Paley Dialogue in New York, where he’ll share insights into Netflix’s strategy for staying ahead in the competitive streaming market. Sarandos will discuss Netflix's high-profile live events—like The Roast of Tom Brady, the Paul/Tyson fight, the Christmas Day NFL games, and WWE’s Monday Night Raw—and how these offerings are creating water cooler moments. Plus, Sarandos will dive into the company’s strategic growth plans, including deepening audience fandom for hit shows and cultivating the "Netflix Effect.”

In Person:

Ted Sarandos, Co-CEO, Netflix


Moderator:

Ben Smith, Co-Founder and Editor-In-Chief, Semafor

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Ted Sarandos

Co-CEO, Netflix

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Ted Sarandos was named co-CEO of Netflix in July 2020. He has been responsible for all content operations since 2000, and led the company's transition into original content production that began in 2013 with the launch of the series House of Cards, Arrested Development and Orange Is the New Black among numerous others. Ted was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2013 and received the Producers Guild of America Milestone Award in 2019. He is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute, Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, a trustee of the American Film Institute, and on the boards of Exploring the Arts and Spotify.

Ben Smith

Co-Founder and Editor-In-Chief, Semafor

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Ben Smith is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Semafor, where he oversees the production of Semafor’s weekly Media newsletter. Prior to Semafor, he served as a media columnist for the New York Times and was the founding editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News. With over a decade of experience, Ben has covered American politics, media, and technology at Politico, the New York Daily News, and other outlets. He is the author of Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral (Penguin Harper Collins).

 

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