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The New Facebook and why Netflix split in two
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Steve Henn
Sep 23, 2011
How important is Facebook's push into digital media? It's huge. Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix, believes the social network could remake the w...
Netflix gets some competition
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Molly Wood
Sep 23, 2011
Blockbuster looks to win over some frustrated Netflix customers. Blockbuster and its new owners, Dish Network Corp, launch a new streaming service today.
Let's see what Reed Hastings has to say about this
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John Moe
Sep 20, 2011
Back in April, Dish Network won an auction to buy Blockbuster for a sweet $320 million. And, as if Netflix didn't have any other fires to put out,...
Qwikster dude tries to monetize his good fortune
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John Moe
Sep 20, 2011
Jason Castillo, the person who apparently owns the @Qwikster Twitter handle, is trying to make some cash off the name. Qwikster is, of course, the...
Qwikster: the new name for something that takes several days
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John Moe
Sep 19, 2011
Qwikster is the new name for Netflix's DVD by mail service. Streaming, the side of the business they actually want to have succeed, will go by...
Netflix nudges projections down
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John Moe
Sep 15, 2011
In July, Netflix said it expected to have 25 million customers by the end of the third quarter. But now the company says it will be more like 24...
Netflix getting a little less golden (UPDATE: Nuh-uh)
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John Moe
Sep 7, 2011
I'm seeing this story reported as new a lot this morning but I'm not convinced it is. Seems people are running across a situation where they're...
For public good, not for profit.
Sony and Disney films being pulled from Netflix in 2012
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John Moe
Sep 2, 2011
Starz Entertainment is the pay-TV/online distributor for many Sony and Disney films. Sony has a contract clause with Starz that lets it ask for...
Amazon's cloud goes down
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John Moe
Aug 9, 2011
Amazon Web Service's cloud infrastructure went all blinky last night for about 25 minutes, knocking such things as Netflix, Foursquare, and Reddit...
Wal-Mart joins the streaming movie party
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Steve Henn
Jul 27, 2011
Tuesday, Wal-Mart announced it would start streaming movies, thanks to the streaming service Vudu, which the big box retailer acquired last year....