Just wanted to remind everyone that Starz content on Netflix will vanish after Tuesday of next week, which means that movies like “Breaking Away,” “Tron: Legacy,” and “Silver Streak,” to name a few, will not longer be available. Despite this fact, it appears that the subscriber flight over the Quikster debacle, as well as the […]
After the numerous problems in 2011 that Netflix has encountered under the leadership of Reed Hastings, it’s comforting to know that his stock option allowance has been slashed for 2012. Sure, that means that the value of his stock options has dropped to $1.5 million, but seeing that his reimbursement has fallen to that amount, I […]
Netflix’s experiment to split the company into two–one to handle streaming, and another to mail DVD’s–has ended. According to various sources, Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix, came around to the idea that it would confuse subscribers to have the services divided. I am surprised by this latest twist, because Hastings has proven himself tone deaf to […]
Edited 1026 9/19 I just got this email from Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix. I wonder it it has something to do with a loss in subscribers as well as a 19% drop in their stock price? I suspect so because Hastings didn’t appear to care about apologies when his stock was riding high. The […]
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