Dealbook Summit: Last News

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Paris Hilton‘s eponymous kitchenware brand has joined a growing list of companies and brands to pull ads from X (formerly Twitter), amid concerns over antisemitic content on the platform. Hilton’s “Be an Icon” campaign, featuring videos and photos of the heiress-turned-entrepreneur posing with the pink-hued kitchen items, were pushed out on X up until last week.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Linda Yaccarino, who’s already facing an uphill battle in winning over advertisers to X, has her work cut out for her to restore trust with big marketers after her boss profanely dissed those who had suspended advertising from the platform. Almost six months into her gig as CEO of X, Yaccarino continues to try to clean up PR messes created by Elon Musk, the shoot-from-the-lip megabillionaire and self-appointed defender of free speech who owns the company formerly known as Twitter.

Ben Affleck took a swipe at Netflix's 'assembly line process' of production as he spoke about the launch of his new movie studio with Matt Damon this week.The Oscar-winner, 50 - who is married to Jennifer Lopez, 53 -  spoke of his desire to focus on smaller dramas rather than huge action films, as he questioned Netflix's focus on 'quantity' over quality.Speaking at the New York Times' Dealbook Summit, the actor, who has launched Artists Equity with Damon and RedBird Capital Partners, said: 'If you ask [Netflix co-CEO and chairman] Reed Hastings…he’d say, "Hey, we went for quantity to establish a footprint." 'I’m sure there’s wisdom in that and I’m sure they had a great strategy, but I would have said, "How are we going to make 50 great movies? How is that possible?" There’s no committee big enough. There aren’t enough — you just can’t do it.' Comment: Ben Affleck took a swipe at Netflix's 'assembly line process' of production as he spoke about the launch of his new movie studio with Matt Damon this week (March 2022)'It’s a thing that requires attention and dedication and work and resists the assembly line process. '[Netflix’s head of original films] Scott Stuber is a really talented, smart guy who I really like…but it’s an impossible job.' He continued: 'There’s bigger audience for action movies than there is for small dramas.