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Data versus decisions

December 27, 2018 By editor

The Wall Street Journal ran an intriguing story last month about Netflix's management overriding recommendations coming from the company's algorithms. Analysis showed that promotions for the comedy "Grace and Frankie" were more successful when they only featured one of the two stars of the show. Apparently fearful of alienating one of their stars, Netflix's management decided to include both … [Read more...]

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