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New Netflix Instant Movies — January 2013

Britt Hayes — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 20:00:45 +0000

It's a new year, and that means it's time to add some new titles to your Netflix Instant queue. Check out the wealth of new movies hitting Netflix in January!

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Netflix Loses 800K Subscribers in Third Quarter

Kathy Landin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:06:22 +0000

Netflix, the one-time master of customer service, just can’t seem to get it right anymore. On Monday, the video rental giant revealed in its third quarter report that it has lost about 800,000 subscribers since June, and the company expects to lose more in the coming months.

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Netflix Scraps Idea for Qwikster DVD-by-Mail Service

Shauna Wright — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:31:21 +0000

Netflix has been doing so much backpedaling lately, it’s surprising the company hasn’t adopted a bicycle for its logo.

In the most recent reversal, Netflix announced Monday that it’s scrapping a plan to split its streaming and DVD-by-mail services into two different companies and would instead keep both under the Netflix name. The abandoned idea would’ve seen the mailed DVD service take on the name Qwikster, with a separate website and separate billing.

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Netflix May Have to Pay $100,000 for Qwikster Twitter Account

Shauna Wright — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:00:55 +0000

Chances are good at least one “d’oh!” was uttered in at least one Netflix conference room Tuesday morning.

It seems the company, which on Monday announced it would split up its service and rebrand the DVD-delivery side Qwikster, neglected to lock up the name on Twitter. Now Jason Castillo, who’s owned the @Qwikster name on the microblogging service since April, wants money — big money — to hand it over.

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Netflix CEO Apologizes for Rate Increase, Announces Company Will Split Into Two Divisions

Shauna Wright — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:10:51 +0000

In the wake of unpopular rate increases that caused customers to cancel subscriptions in droves and resulted in the company stock nosediving, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings apologized in a blog post on Sunday.

“I messed up,” he said. “I owe everyone an explanation … In hindsight, I slid into arrogance based upon past success.”

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Tennessee Makes Sharing Netflix Passwords Illegal

1450 KMMS AM — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 14:12:24 +0000

As of July 1, it will be a crime in the state of Tennessee to use somebody else's login information on sites like Netflix and Rhapsody.

While the legislation is primarily aimed at hackers who steal and sell passwords in bulk, the bill's sponsor Rep. Gerald McCormick a

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