Netflix Chief Communications Officer Jonathan Friedland Out After Using the N-Word Twice

Friedland has been at the company for seven years

Jonathan Friedland
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Netflix’s chief communications officer Jonathan Friedland is leaving the company after seven years, he said Friday on Twitter.

Friedland said that he “fell short” of the example a leader should set when he “was insensitive in speaking to my team about words that offend in comedy.” An individual familiar with the infraction told TheWrap that Friedland used the N-word multiple times.

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings sent a memo to employees Friday that said Friedland’s “descriptive use of the N-word on at least two occasions at work showed unacceptably low racial awareness and sensitivity, and is not in line with our values as a company.”

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