Netflix Dismisses Film Chief Dan Lin

Netflix has dismissed Dan Lin as its head of film, according to reporting based on two unnamed sources, marking another leadership change after a large round of employee layoffs. The company did not immediately comment on the reported departure, and the reports do not establish who will succeed Lin or why he was dismissed. Lin was notified at the start of the weekend, according to the reports. He was expected to address his teams on Monday, October 19, but no account of that address was available in the supplied reporting. Netflix’s lack of comment does not confirm or refute the reported dismissal. The change follows layoffs described in several reports as affecting roughly 1,000 employees in the prior week. Those reports also said chief content officer Bela Bajaria had left and that Peter Rice was hired to replace her. Netflix film executive Doug Belgrad and independent-film head Sheroum Kim were also reported to have been among those affected by cuts. One report described Bajaria’s departure as following layoffs of six staff, without clarifying the scope of that figure; other reports put the companywide cuts at roughly 1,000. Lin took over Netflix’s film division in 2024,...