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Week in comms 10-21-21

Warm greetings and salutations, communication pros.

Let’s explore some notable stories from Oct. 18-22, 2021—and extract a few useful comms nuggets along the way.

Onward!

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1. Lessons from Netflix’s Dave Chappelle fallout.

What can be learned from the uproar that continues to roil the streaming giant, which led to an employee walkout this week? According to CNN, this is a crisis of the company’s own making.

As CBS News reports, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos admitted as much, conveying that he bungled the controversy “by not communicating better with his employees and detractors.” He went further, saying:

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