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| 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 and film industries. Get push notifications with news, features and more. ...

© 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 establishing even more opportunities for people from underrepresented communities to have their voices heard,...

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 Friday published a detailed report studying representation on and off camera for 126 U.S. Netflix movie...

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 Netflix's movies and programs showed that the world's 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 of Southern California, the report found that Netflix is ahead of its peers while still lagging in ...

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 the streaming giant is outpacing much of the film industry in the inclusivity of its original films a...