Posts Tagged by netflix
Owning vs. renting in the digital age
December 15, 2011 | Posted by Sophy Bot under The offline world |
Ah, the holidays. ‘Tis the season of giving, the season of receiving, the season of packing our homes just a little more tightly to accommodate all of our new toys and keepsakes. ‘Tis the season of pushing last year’s stuff further into the backs of closets and storage bins, of reveling in the new and forgetting about the old – unless, of course,…
Occupy Netflix
October 12, 2011 | Posted by Sophy Bot under Business news, Internet culture, Politics |
At first glance, two of today’s biggest ongoing news stories seem to have nothing in common. On the one hand there’s the Occupy Wall Street movement, a growing series of protests aimed at calling attention to social and economic inequality, among other issues. On the other hand, there’s Netflix, a video-streaming and rental company whose recent series of announcements has attracted widespread criticism…
Netflix doesn’t get the feedback loop
September 19, 2011 | Posted by Sophy Bot under Business news |
“I messed up. I owe you an explanation.” So begins last night’s blog post from Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, attempting to explain why the recently announced 60% price hike is necessary after all – and by recently, I mean it was announced two months ago. It has taken two full months of vitriolic user feedback for the CEO to acknowledge their own PR…
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