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Warner Bros. stops doing Blockbuster any favors

Thursday, October 27, 2011
If you can still find an open Blockbuster store somewhere (it's a little like Sasquatch, some people swear they've spotted one but the scientific...
Posted In: Blockbuster, dish network, netflix, Redbox, Tech Report

Dish Network and Hulu: What are you up to?

Tuesday, September 27, 2011
I think we need a new category for stories here. Maybe a new segment on the radio. It's called "What are you up to?" We use it for stories about...
Posted In: Blockbuster, dish network, hulu, netflix, Tech Report
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Let's see what Reed Hastings has to say about this

Tuesday, September 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,...
Posted In: Blockbuster, dish network, netflix

Dish plans to keep some Blockbusters open

Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Dish Network, which acquired the smoldering remains of Blockbuster Video earlier this month, said that it plans to keep the leases of about 500...
Posted In: Blockbuster, sorrow
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Dish Network buys Blockbuster

Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Dish Networks is spending $228 million in cash for the assets of the once mighty home video chain. You know Blockbuster right? Eerily empty place...
Posted In: Blockbuster, DEAD THE WHOLE TIME, sorrow
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Blockbuster and Borders -- two of a kind

Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Blockbuster and Borders appear to be stuck in the same boat - one that's sinking, anyway. Blockbuster Inc. is bankrupt because it couldn't keep ...
Posted In: barnes & noble, Blockbuster, borders, netflix

MID-DAY REPORT: Blockbuster's bust ...

Thursday, September 23, 2010
Blockbuster Video filed for Chapter 11 today. But a sequel is on the way....
Posted In: Blockbuster, Budweiser, deficits, mid-day update, Pledge to America, tax cuts, wind farm

MID-DAY UPDATE: Businesses laid off more workers in August

Wednesday, September 1, 2010
...That's the opposite of expected - what's it mean? Another ratings agency escapes fraud charges For CEOs, it may pay to lay off A big whopper:...
Posted In: Blockbuster, champagne, Greece, layoffs, mid-day update, ratings agencies, smoking, Time Warner, Unemployment, video stores
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How can we repurpose dead malls and big box stores?

Thursday, August 26, 2010
I did a story about Costco's decision to lease out space at a couple malls around the country. (Listen here.) It got me wondering about other, l...
Posted In: big box, Blockbuster, Costco, dead malls, empty, Malls, mixed used, repurposed, reuse, strip malls

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