Is Netflix for Sale?

Analyst says Carl Icahn 'will likely pursue a path to control'

Carl Icahn's investment firm disclosed a 9.98 percent stake in Netflix to the Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday. Is he going to push the company to sell? That's the rumor today as Barclays analyst Anthony DiClemente issued a report weighing the options for the company. "Though it remains unclear if an interested buyer will emerge over time, we believe Icahn's goal is indeed to sell the company," DiClemente wrote.

Icahn's presence as a major stakeholder in any company is frequently the cause of some concern on the part of that company's owners.

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