{"id":155754,"date":"2018-03-09T00:32:40","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T05:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=155754"},"modified":"2018-03-09T00:32:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T05:32:40","slug":"report-obama-in-discussions-to-produce-shows-for-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/03\/09\/report-obama-in-discussions-to-produce-shows-for-netflix\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Obama in discussions to produce shows for Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_84657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84657\" style=\"width: 317px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Obama.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84657\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Obama.png\" alt=\"FILE: Barack Obama (Photo: Heating Oil\/Flickr)\" width=\"317\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Obama.png 317w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Obama-300x295.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-84657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Barack Obama (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/heatingoil\/3855307351\/in\/photolist-6SFsyp-3VTfH4-3VXoqw-4JtVrG-cKisu5-5zvXWb-fh61cG-cmqok5-cyHiDJ-4jqJkG-68ec6K-4jqLty-5Agpuv-5AgiGa-drkPn8-5AkDKU-5AkEUE-5WaQcV-5AgpVt-5AkAE5-csee6m-9shJCs-3VXtiG-4jqJ5U-cKiunu-5AkNSf-6MM9jV-csf25J-6MRfCd-9BNDAU-6iynLy-5JhYSB-5Ji1xD-5AkNu9-5Ji1AR-5JngSQ-5Ji2er-fHJNYE-9BRanS-baJfQ8-4rz7e5-5JhYEV-5JnfRo-bbMwkB-bbMseB-5Jnf2C-fHsfhr-cwz5LN-cwz3Mj-cwyTbC\">Photo: Heating Oil\/Flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 Barack Obama and Netflix reportedly are negotiating a deal for the former president and his wife, Michelle, to produce shows exclusively for the streaming service.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed deal was reported Friday by The New York Times, which cited people familiar with the discussions who were not identified.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix did not immediately respond for a request for comment. Obama spokeswoman Katie Hill declined comment on the report.<\/p>\n<p>Obama senior advisor Eric Schultz, in a statement provided to The Associated Press, said the Obamas believe in the power of storytelling to inspire.<\/p>\n<p>Schultz said the couple continues to explore new ways to help others share their stories.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times reported that Obama doesn&#8217;t intend to use his Netflix shows to respond directly to President Donald Trump or conservative critics.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 Barack Obama and Netflix reportedly are negotiating a deal for the former president and his wife, Michelle, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":84657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[503,2438],"class_list":["post-155754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-barack-obama","tag-netflix","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}