Elaine Low Senior TV WriterThe departure of longtime Netflix executive Cindy Holland caught the industry off guard Tuesday evening, particularly since the well-liked executive had been a driving force of the streaming service’s first-wave originals strategy, bringing hits like “Orange Is the New Black” and “Stranger Things” to viewers.
Her roots at the company stretched back to 2002 as now co-CEO Ted Sarandos’ first hire in Los Angeles, when the pair shared a little office in Raleigh Studios and Netflix was still a tech outsider in Hollywood.But Sarandos’ decision to elevate local-language originals VP Bela Bajaria to head of global TV left “no role” for Holland at the streaming platform, according to a person familiar with the situation..
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