Walt Disney is increasing the wholesale prices it charges for DVDs to movies-by-mail leader Netflix and movie-rental kiosk operator Redbox. Disney is looking to benefit further from being the only major studio to sell DVDs to t…
Bankrupt video-rental company Blockbuster may put itself up for sale as early as next week, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The company had previously planned to reorganize, but creditors couldn’t agree on a plan to …
Netflix angered customers this week by removing the option to order DVDs via videostreaming consoles and mobile devices. The news that it was eliminating the “Add to DVD Queue” button in order to focus more on streaming videos …
Blockbuster, (BBICP) the movie-rental chain that filed for bankruptcy last month, may have a new CEO by the end of the year.
The company has agreed to hire a headhunter to look for new blood once it emerges from bankruptcy protection, The Wall Street Journal said without naming its sources.
Some creditors are unhappy with the performance of current CEO Jim Keyes, and want to find…
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Blockbuster Considers Switching CEO originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:25:00.
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It’s easy to blame Blockbuster’s collapse, which culminated Thursday in a voluntary Chapter 11 filing, on the rise of streaming Internet video and kiosk rental options. But Netflix faced the same threats and it’s thriving. So …