Netflix’s Ted Sarandos To HFPA: “We’re Stopping Any Activities With Your Organization Until More Meaningful Changes Are Made” - Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: (UPDATED WITH HFPA RESPONSE) As the beleaguered Hollywood Foreign Press Association pledges to reform itself, Netflix has declared that its will not be working with the Golden Globes group until it gets its act together, to put it mildly.

Unlike the current nonplussed attitude the HFPA takes, with press conferences closely connected to Globes nominations, gifts, member selfies, and other grifter-ish methods, the streamer has suggested something similar to what AMPAS and the TV Academy do.

Specifically, Netflix believes the group’s plan to add 20 new members by the end of the year and fatten up its total membership by 50% is too little too late.

READ THE FULL HFPA RESPONSE LETTER TO NETFLIX CO-CEO TED SARANDOS HERE:.

· Diversity and inclusion is at the core of our reform plan and is one of our foundational pillars.

· In our plan, we committed to, at a minimum, 50% growth in 18 months, not 36 months, and to reevaluating the size of our membership after the first 18 months as we grow our staff and can accommodate more members.

· Our plan includes the establishment of an independent review board to help guide the implementation of our reform plan

· Per our plan, our current members will have to comply with any and all new eligibility criteria just like our new members

· Press conferences are not mandatory for nominations and indeed many nominated shows have never had press conferences

· As our plan states, we are immediately evaluating our code of conduct and that revised code will address the press conference concerns you cite

· We also are committed to meeting with the personal publicists to understand and address their concerns about the scheduling and conduct of HFPA screenings and press conferences, and to ensure that these concerns are incorporated into our new code of conduct