Netflix versus Hollywood

The TV-on-demand giant is ruffling feathers in Tinseltown after a spate of aggressive hiring

Reed Hastings, chief executive of Netflix, has embarked on an aggressive global expansion bid Bloomberg

Two months ago, Tara Flynn, a rising star in show development at TV studio Fox 21, walked into her boss’s office to announce she was leaving for a job at Netflix.

Her boss said she was under contract, and Flynn replied that she wasn’t asking permission, according to people familiar with the conversation. She had little to ...