Read more Blockbuster stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3171/blockbuster.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:34:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73324/man-stabs-himself-to-get-out-of-blockbuster-shift.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAaron Siebers was willing to go to some pretty radical lengths to avoid his shift at Blockbuster. On Monday the 29-year-old stabbed himself in the leg before going into work, claiming he’d been attacked by three men. He got out of work, but things swiftly got out of hand when...http://www.newser.com/story/73324/man-stabs-himself-to-get-out-of-blockbuster-shift.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 13:40:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/56426/best-buy-joining-digital-movie-biz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBest Buy plans to join the digital movie market this summer to offset declining DVD sales, Variety reports. The retailer is in talks with film providers such as CinemaNow—also Blockbuster's supplier—and may market TVs or Blu-ray players with built-in access to the movie library. That would put Best...http://www.newser.com/story/56426/best-buy-joining-digital-movie-biz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Apr 2009 8:57:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54286/blockbuster-to-rent-movies-on-tivo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBlockbuster kicked off its latest reinvention effort today, announcing a new plan to beam on-demand movies through TiVo DVRs. One senior VP called the deal “step one in getting to the places that consumers care about.” Blockbuster will also sell TiVo DVRs in its stores, as part of a move...http://www.newser.com/story/54286/blockbuster-to-rent-movies-on-tivo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Mar 2009 7:22:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49241/time-to-give-netflix-its-dot-com-due.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDespite plenty of naysayers, Netflix boasts success like few other dot-coms, Chris O’Brien writes in the San Jose Mercury News . The movie-rental service reported record earnings despite the recession, “a neat trick that eBay and Yahoo could only dream of emulating.” Netflix’s innovative distribution system, inventory management, and prescient web-to-TV...http://www.newser.com/story/49241/time-to-give-netflix-its-dot-com-due.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Jan 2009 16:47:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/24449/blockbuster-makes-135b-bid-for-circuit-city.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMovie-rental chain Blockbuster went public today with an offer to buy struggling consumer electronics retailer Circuit City for between $6 and $8 a share, reports the Wall Street Journal. Blockbuster made the offer—worth up to $1.35 billion—in February, but said Circuit City hasn’t opened its books. Circuit...http://www.newser.com/story/24449/blockbuster-makes-135b-bid-for-circuit-city.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Apr 2008 7:53:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/13968/jackass-25-to-have-web-only-debut.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagParamount is moving into uncharted territory by premiering Jackass 2.5 online, the New York Times reports. The December 19 premier on Blockbuster's Movielink service will be the first time a studio-backed feature film has made its debut on the Web. Executives hope that a successful experiment will pave the...http://www.newser.com/story/13968/jackass-25-to-have-web-only-debut.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Dec 2007 1:34:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/10411/netflix-in-heated-race-for-online-movies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThey beat Blockbuster, but can Netflix outpace rivals in the race to show downloaded movies on TV? "It's like a three-act play, and we're in the opening minutes of the second act," said Netflix exec Steve Swasey. Act two is where startups like Vudu take on giants like Amazon to...http://www.newser.com/story/10411/netflix-in-heated-race-for-online-movies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 27 Oct 2007 15:10:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/4733/netflix-finds-itself-in-house-of-business-horrors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNetflix faced a second wave of bad news today as its stock price plummeted and its website remained inaccessible to visitors. The company announced price cuts Sunday and yesterday absorbed a triple blow: lowered sales expectations, a subscriber decline, and a Wall Street downgrade. The website crash then left the...http://www.newser.com/story/4733/netflix-finds-itself-in-house-of-business-horrors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Jul 2007 16:44:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3223/blockbuster-bets-on-blu-ray.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMovie rental giant Blockbuster picked sides today in the hotly contested battle over high-definition DVDs. Starting in July, Blockbuster will buy all of its new high-def DVDs in Sony's Blu-ray format, a damaging blow to rival Toshiba's HD DVD, which the rental company had stocked jointly until now.http://www.newser.com/story/3223/blockbuster-bets-on-blu-ray.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 18 Jun 2007 18:36:42 CDT