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Netflix DVD Service To Be Renamed Qwikster, Will Offer Video Games
Over on the Netflix blog, CEO Reed Hastings offers a lengthy “my bad” about the way the video delivery service abruptly announced the fracturing of its services into separate streaming and DVD-by-mail...
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Oops: Pot-Smoking Elmo Already Claimed @Qwikster On Twitter
Netflix might have flubbed on its due diligence when checking out if there were any a priori uses of the name “Qwikster.” (Whether or not just picking that name itself is a flub is another discussion.)...
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Netflix CEO Jokes That Irked Investors May Be Trying To Poison Him
It’s been a downer of a week for Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, whose attempt to soften the blow of deciding to split off his company’s DVD-by-mail division into the questionably named Qwikster was met...
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Another Postal Worker Caught Stealing Netflix DVDs
It’s been over five years since we first wrote about postal workers being busted for detouring Netflix DVDs into their own private stashes, and yet there are apparently still some USPS staffers out...
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Woot Mocks Netflix Over Qwikster Debacle, Sells Computers At The Same Time
Remember those brief few weeks when Netflix said it was actually going to rename its DVD service “Qwikster” and separate it from the Netflix website? Ah, those were the days… And now the deal-minded...
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Netflix CEO Explains Qwikster Fracas To Catty NYTM Reporter
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings stopped off at the New York Times Magazine to engage with a very ornery reporter on what the whole deal with Qwikster was. If the reporter really asked these questions and...
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Report: Netflix's Killing Of Qwikster Forces Layoffs
After Netflix decided against spinning off the DVD rental side of its service as Qwikster, the company reportedly decided it didn’t need as many call service reps to handle such duties as fielding...
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17 Commercial Failures From Brands With Spectacularly Bad Ideas
While Keurig is surely hoping there will come a day when its failed KOLD soda-making machine is but a misty, sparkling memory, it’s not the first company to reach for the stars, to fly too close to the...
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