Obama donor helped seal Netflix deal

Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos and his wife, longtime donors and friends of Barack and Michelle Obama, were instrumental in getting the power couple to sign a multiyear deal to produce series and films for the video streaming service.

“We are incredibly proud they have chosen to make Netflix the home for their formidable storytelling abilities,” Sarandos said in a news release regarding the former president and first lady’s deal with Netflix.