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Reed Hastings stepped down and took the sheen off Netflix’s surprisingly solid subscriber numbers
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoNetflix’s co-founder and chief stole the show from a surprise uptick in subscriptions. The streaming...
Netflix co-founder Hastings steps down as CEO as company adds subscribers
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoLOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Netflix Inc co-founder Reed Hastings stepped down as chief executive of the...
Blockbuster’s ex-CEO, still plagued as ‘the guy that failed to keep up with technology’, insists...
Fortune via AOL· 3 months agoWe're mostly all familiar with the story of Blockbuster's downfall: Once a fixture on every high...
Movie lovers made it their first Blockbuster night on this day in 1985
Yahoo Movies via AOL· 7 months agoBlockbuster Video rented its first VHS tapes on Oct. 19, 1985. (Photo Illustration: Yahoo News;...
Blockbuster ‘laughed us out of the room,’ recalls Netflix cofounder on trying to sell company now...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoNetflix wasn’t always an entertainment behemoth. In 2000, it was an unprofitable startup offering...
Netflix DVD Rental Business, Dead at 25
Indiewire via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNetflix DVDs are going the way of Blockbuster (the store, as well as the streamer’s own show of that name). The company’s DVD rental business, formerly...
How technology unlocks business models: The story of Netflix
TechCrunch ExtraCrunch· 1 year agoThe proof of operating concept for Netflix was confirmed. This week, 16 years after its reinvention...
What's Next for a "New" Netflix
MoneyShow via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoEveryone knows the story at Netflix (NFLX), which began in 1997 as an e-commerce platform for rental DVDs, notes Tony Daltorio, editor of Market Mavens.
Who Owns Netflix? Here’s Who Made & Created the Streaming Service
COMINGSOON.net via Yahoo News· 9 months agoNetflix is arguably the most popular streaming service at the moment, yet many subscribers don’t...
A Eulogy for Netflix’s DVD-by-Mail Era
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn April 18, Netflix announced that it was “sunsetting” — aka terminating — its material-world DVD rental option. The last picture show in the form of...