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Streaming giant Netflix has published a detailed inclusion report from Dr. Stacy L. Smith and the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the diversity makeup of their original content.

Netflix commissioned the USC Annenberg Inclusion Institute to analyze the diversity of its original content, and is now publicly sharing the results.

Netflix has released a study from top academic researchers showing the streaming giant is outpacing much of the film industry in the inclusivity of its original films and television series.

The report shows that the company has made progress, but still has more work to do to close diversity gaps. The company says its committing to an "inclusion lens" to its work, which co-CEO Ted Sarandos says means asking questions like, "Whose voice is missing? Is this portrayal authentic? Who is excluded?" The company also announced the creation of the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity, which will invest $100 million over the next five years in organizations that help underrepresented communitie...

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer February 26, 2021 65 This image released by Netflix shows, from left, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Norm Lewis, Clarke Peters, Delroy Lindo and Jonathan Majors in a scene from the Spike Lee film "Da 5 Bloods." On Friday, Feb. 26, Netflix released a study it commissioned from top academic researchers that shows the streaming giant is outpacing much of the film industry in the inclusivity of its original films and television series. (David Lee/Netflix via AP) Netflix on Friday ...

| Credit: LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX Netflix is doing its part to help diversify the entertainment industry. Ted Sarandos, co-CEO and chief content officer for Netflix, announced in a blog post on Friday of the creation of the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity, which will invest $100 million over the course of five years to support underrepresented communities looking to work in the TV a...

© getty Netflix announced on Friday that it will create a $100 million global fund to increase outreach to members of underrepresented communities who want to work in entertainment. According to a press release, the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity will provide funding to internal initiatives within the company and outside organizations over the course of five years. The internal efforts will serve to train upcoming talent and provide them with job placement. “Doing better means establish...

Netflix received broadly high marks for diversity and inclusion in its movies and TV shows when it came to gender and people of color, compared to the broader entertainment industry, according to an extensive new report. But the streaming giant fell short in its representation of certain groups, including Latinos, the LGBTQ community and people with disabilities. The USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, which regularly takes Hollywood studios to task for their shortcomings on diversity, on Fri...

Netflix makes headway in diversifying Hollywood, though gaps persist Lucas Shaw, Bloomberg FacebookTwitterEmail Ted Sarandos of Netflix at a conference in Dana Point, Calif., on Feb. 8, 2019.Bloomberg photo by Patrick T. Fallon. The first in-depth study of representation in Netflixs movies and programs showed that the worlds biggest streaming service is helping to diversify Hollywood but still has progress to make, particularly behind the camera. Conducted by Stacy L. Smith of the University o...

NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix on Friday released a study it commissioned from top academic researchers that shows the streaming giant is outpacing much of the film industry in the inclusivity of its original films and television series. This image released by Netflix shows Chadwick Boseman, from left, Colman Domingo, Viola Davis, Michael Potts and Glynn Turman in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” On Friday, Feb. 26, Netflix released a study it commissioned from top academic researchers that shows t...