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On Netflix, The Oscars, and what makes a movie a movie

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Noah Brier
May 20, 2019
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Noah here. Netflix seems to always be in the news, but it was a particularly big subject around Oscar time. Bob Greenblatt, AT&T’s new head of HBO said "Netflix doesn't have a brand” and Steven Spielberg started a campaign with the Academy to block movies made for streaming services from winning Oscars. Netflix responded with a Tweet:

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