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Gourmet Cheeseburgers with Bela Bajaria

Netflix’s powerful Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria joined Matt Belloni in Beverly Hills for a candid, off-the-record conversation about the streamer’s strategic maneuvers.

Photo: Sharon Suh
The Editors
December 1, 2023

In mid-November, on the rooftop of the Mandarin Oriental Residences in Beverly Hills, a clutch of Hollywood’s most powerful players gathered to observe Matt Belloni, the author of Puck’s flagship What I’m Hearing franchise, engage in a spirited, one-on-one chat with Netflix’s Chief Content Officer, Bela Bajaria. There was, of course, much to discuss: Bajaria is on the very short list of television’s most powerful executives, in charge of overseeing and dictating the dominant streamer’s industry-defining content strategy.