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Despite Its Failed And Outdated Business Model, Blockbuster Sounds Like It Was A Fun Place To Work
"I was an [assistant manager] at [Blockbuster] during college, in the golden age of the mid to late…
Dylan Love
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Blockbuster Is Officially Closing Its Retail Stores After 28 Years
"This is not an easy decision, yet consumer demand is clearly moving to digital distribution of vid…
Caroline Moss
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The blueprint of a blockbuster
While our own affinity towards our favourite (or most recent) Blockbuster may make us feel otherwis…
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Here Are All The Ways I'm Going To Miss Blockbuster
Looking at shelves of movies always reminded me of ones that I wanted to see but didn't, or ones th…
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How This Chain Beat Blockbuster And Proved That Video Rental Stores Aren't Dead
Customers at Family Video pay less than $3 for a rental. The chain also has negotiable late fees an…
Ashley Lutz
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The daughter of Blockbuster's former CEO has joined the DAO working to buy the movie-rental company
Michelle Berrard's late father, Steven, was Blockbuster's CEO between 1987 and 1996. The Block Cryp…
Carla Mozée
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'This Is The End' Ironically Chosen As Blockbuster's Final Rental
"Around 50 licensed Blockbuster stores will remain open once Dish shutters its company-run stores b…
Aly Weisman
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3. The Last Blockbuster
How has Blockbuster Video survived against the odds so long in Alaska, and what will its decline me…
Dan Bobkoff,Anna Mazarakis,Cl…
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The SEC wants to kick 2,000 fraud-prone penny stocks from online brokerages, including retail favorites Sears and Blockbuster
Affected stocks include the shell companies liquidating bankrupt Sears and Blockbuster as well as L…
Ethan Wu
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The world's last Blockbuster releases a new Super Bowl commercial but seeing it might be tricky
The last Blockbuster, located in Bend, Oregon, has been teasing a Super Bowl commercial on its Inst…
Aaron McDade
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A cryptic message that's been on Blockbuster's website for months has people wondering if it'll make a comeback
"We are working on rewinding your movie" reads a message on Blockbuster's website, but it's been th…
Grace Mayer
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A DAO investor group wants to buy Blockbuster and revive it as a decentralized movie-streaming service
The decentralized autonomous organization sees its project as revolutionizing the financing of the …
Carla Mozée
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Netflix's co-founder says Blockbuster execs tried not to laugh when they pitched a $50 million partnership — it's now worth $149 billion
Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph said that when Netflix almost went bankrupt after the dot-com cras…
Sawdah Bhaimiya
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Netflix's 'Blockbuster' creator wanted a 'Randall Park type' as the lead star and then got the real Randall Park
"Blockbuster" showrunner Vanessa Ramos told Insider that she was asked to pick an actor who fit the…
Ayomikun Adekaiyero
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Blockbuster Is Closing 300 Stores And Laying Off 3,000 Workers
"We continue to see value in the Blockbuster brand and we will continue to analyze store level prof…
Kim Bhasin
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The last remaining Blockbuster on earth will be listed on Airbnb for a limited time in September at just $4 per night. Here's what it looks like inside.
Still, the store has felt the sting of the pandemic, Sandi Harding, the Blockbuster location's mana…
Bethany Biron
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There is only one Blockbuster still surviving in the entire United States. Here's what it's like to visit.
The holdout is in Bend, a city in central Oregon with an estimated population just shy of 100,000. …
Kate Taylor
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Alaska is closing the last of its Blockbuster stores. Here's what it was like to visit the last frontier of the video-rental chain before it went extinct.
Roughly a dozen Blockbusters remained open across the United States in 2017. Now, just one remains …
Kate Taylor
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Only a single Blockbuster remains open in all of America. Here's what it's like to visit.
The holdout is in Bend, a city in central Oregon with an estimated population just shy of 100,000. …
Kate Taylor
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The last Blockbuster in America created a beer to celebrate its lonely status - here's the verdict
The Bend Blockbuster became the last location of the video-rental store left in the country earlier…