Archive · 27 Sep 2025
Netflix Veterans Now Lead Content at Amazon and Paramount+
Imagine Netflix, a big player in streaming, like a school that teaches cool ways to make TV shows.
Now, some of the top teachers from that school are going to work at other schools, like Amazon and Paramount+.
These teachers, who helped make hits like 'Stranger Things', are now in charge of what shows those other schools make.
This means the new schools are trying to be as popular as Netflix by using the same tricks.
It's like when someone learns from the best and then uses those lessons to start their own successful thing.
This will make the competition in the streaming world even more exciting!
Cindy Holland, former VP at Netflix, is now Chair of Direct-to-Consumer for Paramount.
Peter Friedlander, also from Netflix, is the Head of Global TV at Prime Video.
These executives shaped Netflix's original series strategy.
Jane Wiseman, another Netflix alum, is now EVP, Head of Originals, DTC at Paramount+.
Netflix brought in executives from traditional media; now, executives are moving to rival companies.
- Who
- Former Netflix executives, Cindy Holland and Peter Friedlander, and others.
- What
- Netflix veterans are now leading content strategy at rival streaming services Amazon Prime Video and Paramount+.
- When
- Within the last month or so.
- Where
- Amazon and Paramount+.
- Why
- To replicate Netflix's success in the streaming industry.
- Key Players
- Cindy Holland, Peter Friedlander, Jane Wiseman, Efrain Miron
- New Roles
- Holland: Chair of Direct-to-Consumer for Paramount; Friedlander: Head of Global TV at Prime Video
- Former Employer
- Netflix
- Netflix Series
- Orange Is the New Black, Stranger Things, The Crown, Bridgerton
- Netflix's CCO
- Ted Sarandos