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Netflix and the Age of the Platform

Phil Simon | Posted 03.10.2012

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Recently, Netflix launched a new app for the iPad. Good news, I suppose, but does that ultimately change the future of the company? I think that a year from now, Netflix as we know it will be no more.

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Netflix After The Fall

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 02.21.2012

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Some key events involving Netflix since a backlash against it began over the summer: July 12: Netflix Inc. says it will raise prices by...

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Your Power As a Citizen Consumer

Auren Kaplan | Posted 02.18.2012

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You are a citizen consumer. You participate in the economy every day with your purchases. And you most certainly have a voice. Companies are starting to fear you, and even more importantly, they are starting to take you more fully into account.

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When Customers Push Back: 3 Recommendations

Ernan Roman | Posted 01.29.2012

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Empowered, activist customers are getting better and better at making their displeasure known... and, as they proved this year, they are also getting better at winning battles against big companies.

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My Dear John Letter to Netflix

Kris LoPresto | Posted 01.16.2012

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Dear Netflix, I have found someone else whom I think the world of. I think the only way out is for us to get a divorce. This just isn't working out anymore.

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In Defense of Netflix

Larry Magid | Posted 01.02.2012

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During its recent quarterly earnings report, Netflix admitted that it had lost 800,000 customers since it announced a price increase in June, but I'm not one of them.

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8 Netflix Changes We'll Probably See Next

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 12.11.2011

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Even after Netflix backpedaled on their confusing decision to separate their streaming and delivery services, the damage had already been done. They d...

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Netflix's Big Change Explained

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 12.10.2011

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-- Puzzled by Netflix Inc.'s recent changes? You're not alone. Here are basic questions and answers about the company's reversal of its decision to s...

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WATCH: Netflix Apologizes, Has Even More Changes On 'SNL'

Posted 12.02.2011

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These days, who can keep up with all of Netflix's apologies and name changes? It's almost as though the company has been infiltrated by Blockbuster ex...

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Here's How Netflix Users Really Feel About The Latest Change

The Huffington Post | Jake Bialer | Posted 11.20.2011

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On Sunday, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings wrote a post on the company blog apologizing for not being "extra-communicative" in informing users of the recen...

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WATCH: Conan Presents ANOTHER Netflix Apology

Posted 11.21.2011

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After Netflix's press release announcing Qwikster and subsequent backlash from consumers unwilling to use a separate service for DVD delivery, the onc...

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WATCH: Blockbuster Takes A Lesson From Netflix

Posted 11.20.2011

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Netflix may have thought that its recent spell of bad PR would be improved by splitting off its DVD delivery into an entirely new service, Qwikster. B...

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Has The Netflix Star Faded?

AP | By DAVID K. RANDALL | Posted 11.19.2011

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NEW YORK -- Netflix is trying to boost business by chopping its services into two separate parts. Unfortunately for investors, the company's stock pri...

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What You Need To Know About Netflix's New Business

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 11.19.2011

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-- Here are basic questions and answers about Netflix Inc.'s decision to split off its DVD-by-mail service and rename it "Qwikster." Q: Why is Netfl...

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15 Funniest Qwikster Tweets

Posted 11.19.2011

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Oh, Netflix... what are we going to do with you? Try as you might, you just can't win. We're sure that a touchy-feely blog post about how sorry you ar...

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5 Reasons Why Netflix's New Business Is A Terrible Idea

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Gilbert | Posted 11.19.2011

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Netflix has announced that it will separate its DVD-by-mail service into an entirely new website called Qwikster, and all I can think is that they sho...

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Netflix's New Business Is Already On Twitter--And It's A PR Nightmare

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 11.19.2011

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UPDATE: @Qwikster, the personal Twitter account that happens to share the same name as Netflix's new DVD-only business, has accumulated over 2,000 mor...

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Netflix Makes HUGE Announcement

Posted 11.18.2011

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In a post on The Netflix Blog that went up Sunday night, the company's CEO, Reed Hastings, announced that Netflix would split its DVD-by-mail service ...

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