Netflix has gone into damage control amid an uproar over its proposed new reality TV series Byron Baes.
Nick O Donnell, the streaming giant s director of public policy, recently travelled to the NSW town for crisis talks with stakeholders as the backlash continues to grow.
The executive s itinerary included a meeting with Byron Shire s outspoken mayor, Simon Richardson, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.
Unpopular: Netflix has gone into damage control amid an uproar over its proposed new reality TV series Byron Baes, with director of public policy Nick O’Donnell travelling to the NSW coastal town for crisis talks with stakeholders , including Mayor Simon Richardson (pictured)
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Protesting against Byron Baes giving Netflix show free publicity, expert says
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People protesting Netflix s new reality series Byron Baes are actually creating free publicity for the streaming giant, who will be loving the attention, a leading marketing expert says.
In the latest show of opposition to the series, surfers in Byron Bay the NSW tourist hot-spot where the show is based took part in a protest-paddle this morning.
Netflix says the show is a docu-soap and a love letter to Byron Bay which will follow the lives of hot Instagrammers and their fights, flings and heartbreak in the coastal town.