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Netflix plans a twelve-soundstage studio on two hundred ninety-two acres in New Jersey, and one nearby house sold half a million over asking; the traffic reviews are mixed.

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNetflix says it will spend eight hundred forty-eight million dollars on a studio campus across two hundred ninety-two acres between Oceanport and Eatontown, with twelve soundstages and backlots.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLocal agents are calling it the Netflix effect, and one house in Little Silver sold for five hundred thousand dollars over its asking price of two point one million.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOver asking. For a house near a backlot.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe governor said the campus is no longer a painful reminder of economic decline.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSome residents worry about traffic, so the sequel is already a gridlock drama.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn other news, Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt held a pre-wedding party at Mar-a-Lago, and Hannity says they paid fair market value.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorCNN has asked the Trump Organization for comment, and I assume the venue is thrilled to be asked.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFair market value. Said before anyone asked.

  9. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRex, you're live. Like, actually live.

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