Dudeck joins at a time when Netflix really needs to get its own messaging out there with regard to the Warner Bros. takeover.

Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos said Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery was “entirely expected,” but the exec said he remains “super-confident” in the streaming giant’s plan to close the deal.

Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, was once seen as an underdog in Hollywood. Now, the former Arizona video store manager has emerged as one of the biggest Hollywood moguls yet.

The Netflix co-CEOs were interviewed hours after a hostile offer for Warner Bros. from Paramount. "We didn't buy this company to destroy that value," Sarandos adds.

We’ve released about 30 films into theaters this year, so it’s not like we have this opposition to movies in theaters,” said Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos on a call with Wall Street fresh off clinching a mega deal to acquire Warner Bros.

Netflix has appointed Dani Dudeck as chief communications officer. She starts on Jan. 12 and will report to co-CEO Ted Sarandos. Netflix’s prior CCO Rachel Whetstone, who was hired in 2018, departed the post in March.

Dudeck currently serves as Instacart’s chief corporate affairs officer, where she oversees the retail and delivery company’s communications, policy and government affairs practice groups. Prior to Instacart, the 20-year communications veteran served as chief communications officer for Zynga and vice president of global communications for MySpace.

In the wake of freaking out the industry and theater owners with its winning bid for Warner Bros on Thursday, coupled with Paramount's hostile takeover proposal, Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters jumped on a Wall Street call again today to pour cold water on the fire,

According to media reports, Netflix has appointed Dani Dudeck as its new chief communications officer. She will take charge on 12 January and report to co-CEO Ted Sarandos. The role has been vacant since the departure of Rachel Whetstone earlier this year.