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| 2019 || February || Facility || Netflix announces the opening of a dedicated production hub in {{w|Toronto}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Netflix to open dedicated production hub in Toronto |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/netflix-toronto-1.5024295 |website=cbc.ca |accessdate=8 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Netflix announces it's opening a huge film and TV production hub in Toronto |url=https://www.blogto.com/film/2019/02/netflix-production-hub-toronto-studios/ |website=blogto.com |accessdate=20 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Netflix setting up production hub in Toronto |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/02/19/netflix-production-hub-toronto/ |website=toronto.citynews.ca |accessdate=20 August 2020}}</ref>
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| 2019 || February || Criticism || {{w|Gwyneth Paltrow}}'s lifestyle brand [[w:Goop (company)|Goop]] signs a deal to produce a wellness-themed {{w|documentary}} series for Netflix. This would lead to widespread criticism of the streaming company for giving Paltrow a platform to promote her company, which is criticized for making unsubstantiated claims about the effectiveness of the health treatments and products it promotes. Multiple critics would argue that Netflix's move was "a win for {{w|pseudoscience}}."<ref>{{cite web |title=Netflix buys into Goop hooey with deal to make a wellness docuseries |url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/02/goop-lands-netflix-deal-despite-track-record-of-egregious-false-health-claims/ |website=arstechnica.com |accessdate=26 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Scientists Are Pissed That Netflix Is Legitimizing Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/scientists-are-pissed-that-netflix-is-legitimizing-gwyneth-paltrows-goop |website=thedailybeast.com |accessdate=26 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Goop has a Netflix deal – this is a dangerous win for pseudoscience |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/08/goops-deal-with-netflix-is-a-dangerous-win-for-pseudoscience |website=theguardian.com |accessdate=26 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Netflix's new partnership with Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop brand is a win for pseudoscience |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/netflix-s-new-partnership-gwyneth-paltrow-s-goop-brand-win-ncna969746 |website=nbcnews.com |accessdate=26 September 2020}}</ref>
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| 2019 || March 11 || Leadership || {{w|Media executive}} {{w|David Kosse}} quits {{w|STX Entertainment}} and joins Netflix to head its new international film division.<ref>{{cite web |title=David Kosse joins Netflix from STX to head new international film division |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/david-kosse-joins-netflix-from-stx-to-head-new-international-film-division/5137520.article |website=screendaily.com |accessdate=8 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Netflix Hires STX's David Kosse to Lead New International Film Division |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflix-hires-stxs-david-kosse-lead-new-international-film-division-1193672 |website=hollywoodreporter.com |accessdate=27 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Netflix Hires STX’s David Kosse To Lead International Film Division |url=https://deadline.com/2019/03/netflix-david-kosse-stx-international-universal-film4-1202571614/ |website=deadline.com |accessdate=27 August 2020}}</ref>
