Export Compliance Daily is a Warren News publication.

Netflix Chief Communications Officer Resigns After ‘Insensitive’ Remarks

Jonathan Friedland resigned as Netflix chief communications officer after using “insensitive” remarks in speaking to his staff “about words that offend in comedy,” he tweeted Friday. “Leaders have to be beyond reproach in the example we set and unfortunately I…

Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article

Export Compliance Daily combines U.S. export control news, foreign border import regulation and policy developments into a single daily information service that reliably informs its trade professional readers about important current issues affecting their operations.

fell short of that standard,” he said. “I feel awful about the distress this lapse caused to people at a company I love and where I want everyone to feel included and appreciated. I feel honored to have built a brilliant and diverse global team and to have been part of our collective adventure.” Netflix didn’t comment.