Thursday, November 07, 2013

Blockbuster, Outdone by Netflix, Will Shut Its Stores and DVD Mail Service - NYTimes.com

A digital media milestone; also see Blockbuster's Death Scene Won't End the Video Rental Store (Bloomberg Businessweek); tbd when Amazon will offer Kindle Fire HDX retailing programs to the remaining video rental stores
"Blockbuster, which had more than 9,000 retail stores across America just nine years ago, is closing the few hundred video-rental stores that it still has, the company’s owner, Dish Network, said on Wednesday in a bittersweet but long-expected announcement."
Blockbuster, Outdone by Netflix, Will Shut Its Stores and DVD Mail Service - NYTimes.com

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