Jun
15
Michael Dubelko
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Michael Dubelko was founder and CEO of DVD Express, which he set up after Cannel Studios, where he was president, was sold to Fox News.
In an interview with DVD Hotseat he was asked “At what rate - compared to new releases - do people actually order backcatalog titles? Are back catalog titles dead or [...]
Jun
15
More on Express.com
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According to Hoovers:
“DVD Express merged with Maximum Holdings, which included a network of gaming Web sites and GameFan Magazine, in late 1999. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March 2001 and sold substantially all of its assets to Express Media Group the following June. Investors include Maximum’s founder David Bergstein and other top [...]
Jun
15
The Strange Case of DVD.com and DVD Express
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Back in the days when they were pretty good, I bought some DVDs from DVDexpress.com
Today I got an email from DVD.com claiming: “We have acquired DVD Express and will be continuing where the company has left off.”
Further: “DVD.com also knew that with the drastic changes in online retail, DVD Express had difficulties meeting the expectation [...]
Jun
15
Sharing thoughts
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Everyone seems to be pointing to Meg’s column “What We’re Doing When We Blog”.
The “a-ha” moment for me was the paragraph:
Freed from the constraints of the printed page (or any concept of “page”), an author can now blog a short thought that previously would have gone unwritten. The weblog’s post unit liberates the writer [...]