Comedians in Cars Getting Paid

Netflix has nearly 90 million subscribers. That gives them a lot of dough to spend on content. And with competition heating up (from Hulu, the cable providers, Amazon, Apple and others), they are spending big time. Just consider one category: Comedy. They are offering mega-deals to top comedians (from Seinfeld to Schumer to Rock) and cornering the market. The content wars are incredibly good news for comedians and other content creators. We’ll have to wait and see whether the Netflix strategy leaves the company with the last laugh.