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Facebook Appoints Netflix Chief Reed Hastings to Its Board

Facebook Inc., the world’s largest social-networking website, appointed Netflix Inc. Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings to its board, adding expertise in the distribution of digital entertainment.

Hastings becomes the sixth director at Facebook, the company said in a statement today. Existing directors include venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Jim Breyer and Washington Post Co. chairman Donald Graham.