Dudeck joins at a time when Netflix really needs to get its own messaging out there with regard to the Warner Bros. takeover.

Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos said Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery was “entirely expected,” but the exec said he remains “super-confident” in the streaming giant’s plan to close the deal.

Ted Sarandos scored a critical sit-down with President Donald Trump in the weeks leading up to Netflix’s successful $82.7 billion agreement to buy Warner Bros. and HBO Max, according to sources familiar with the confab.

Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, was once seen as an underdog in Hollywood. Now, the former Arizona video store manager has emerged as one of the biggest Hollywood moguls yet.

In the wake of freaking out the industry and theater owners with its winning bid for Warner Bros on Thursday, followed by Paramount’s hostile takeover proposal, Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters jumped on a Wall Street call again today to pour cold water on the fire,

Netflix has found a new chief communications officer, with Dani Dudeck set to join the streamer on Jan. 12. Dudeck currently serves as Instacart's chief corporate affairs officer, where she oversees the retail and delivery company's communications,

Netflix has appointed Dani Dudeck as chief communications officer. She starts on Jan. 12 and will report to co-CEO Ted Sarandos. Dudeck is joining Netflix from Instacart, where she serves as chief corporate affairs officer.

According to media reports, Netflix has appointed Dani Dudeck as its new chief communications officer. She will take charge on 12 January and report to co-CEO Ted Sarandos. The role has been vacant since the departure of Rachel Whetstone earlier this year.