Just might pay off big time. We start with an earnings load on netflix, moving sharply lower in the afterhours session down by more than 10 . Netflix plummeting after it reported a miss on the bottom line in fact, its biggest earnings miss in 16 years netflix also giving far lower than expected guidance for the Third Quarter subscriber editions, forecasting the edition of 2. 5 million new subscribers in the Third Quarter, less than half the number analysts anticipated. As expected, growth is slowing as consumers get through the initial shock of covid and social restrictions. Now the chief content officer has been appointed coceo and is joining netflixs board of directors, saying in terms of the day to day running of netflix, i do not expect much to change our key executive Leadership Groups are unchanged think of teds well deserved promotion formalizing how we already run the Business Today when the call starts in an hour, well be listening for more on the impact of competition, name c
That evening. On behalf of this Smithsonian National museum of africanamericanhistory and culture , welcome to a fools errand book to her. A conversation with secretary lonnie bunch and ali. Please welcome to the stage interim director of the National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture , doctor spencer crew. [applause] that evening. What a wonderful crowd. Its good to see this talk filled with so many people and were glad to haveyou here. I thank you for that introduction. Its my pleasure to be here and to welcome you into our building to welcome you here on behalf of all the staff and all of you connected with the National Museum of africanAmerican History. Happy third anniversary. Its a great day for the museum, but its a great day that never would have happened without the help of all of you in this audience. Supporting us and encouraging us as we move forward. Several months ago, about 90 days ago. I was actually working as a professor at george mason university. I thoug
Hes also author of prelude to cruise which is winner of the penn joyce author award for poetry and at the 2015 stonewall literature award. Poetry collection is also a finalist for the 2015 National Book critics circle award as well as awards lambda literary and the publishing triangle in 2015. Saeed jones served as cohost of buzzfeeds morning show and served as buzzfeeds lgbt and culture editor. He grew up in lewisville texas and earned a ba at Western Kentucky University and an mfa at Rutgers University in newark. He lives in new york city and tweets at the ferocity. Thank you for being here saeed jones. As a side note, the southern festival of books remains completely free because of Strong Community support and we want to keep it that way. So you can donate on the web. Humanities tennessee. Org or by the southern festival of books or by the collection plate thats been passed around. Saeed is going to read for us. We will have a q a and when we get to the q and aplease use the microp
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