Qwikster Is Gonester: Netflix Kills Its DVD-Only Business Before Launch

That was quick. Three weeks after Reed Hastings announced a much-hated decision, he’s reversing himself.
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Investors Give Netflix a Big Thumbs-Down

Following the lead of thousands of angry customers, investors continued to batter Netflix today in the wake of its bungled change in pricing strategy and the controversial separation of its DVD and streaming businesses. On July 13, when the price change was announced, the stock was trading at $298.73. Since then, the stock has bounced down a cliff, closing today at $130.03, a 52-week low.

Netflix Renames DVD Business, Apologizes — But Doesn’t Back Down

After an outcry from customers, and a beating from Wall Street, a rare mea culpa from Reed Hastings. The Netflix CEO says he mishandled his price hike, and apologizes. But he’s not changing his plans.
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Netflix Says It’s Surprised Customers Haven’t Complained More

“Believe it or not, the noise level was actually less than we expected,” says Reed Hastings. Wall Street isn’t playing it nearly as cool, though.
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Netflix Says Its Price Hike Will Clip Revenues for a Quarter

Just a blip, says Reed Hastings. But it’s enough to freak out shareholders (for now).
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Reed Hastings Doesn’t Want You To Pay More For Netflix. He Wants You To Stop Using DVDs.

The video service raised its prices by 60 percent yesterday. But it doesn’t expect most of you to pay up — it’s hoping you spend less, and stop using discs.
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Netflix Tells Its Customers to Ditch Their DVDs or Pay Up

Reed Hastings and company see themselves as Web video guys, not discs-in-the-mail guys. Now they’re making it clearer than ever, with a 60 percent price hike for customers who want both.
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Retailers' Video, Music Services Spin Wheels

Big retail chains keep trying to sell or rent music and movies online as sales of CDs and DVDs decline, but these ventures have done little to dent the market share of industry leaders Netflix Inc., Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc.

Big Media Tells Big Media That Hulu Is Hurting Big Media

“Modern Family” is a hit online, but that popularity may hurt its value down the road.

Netflix Button Coming to Remote Controls

As televisions go the way of smartphones and get loaded up with apps, Netflix Inc. is staking its claim on an important place–the remote control. The movie-rental company has struck deals with makers of TVs and DVD players to put a one-click “Netflix” button on remotes starting this spring, Netflix said Tuesday.