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Netflixed: The Epic Battle for America's Eyeballs | Gina Keating
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Netflix has come a long way since 1997, when two Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings, decided to start an online DVD store before most people owned a DVD player. They were surprised and elated when launch-day traffic in April 1998 crashed their server and resulted in 150 sales. Today, Netflix has more than 25 million subscribers and annual revenues above $3 billion. Yet long- term success-or even survival-is still far from guaranteed. Journalist Gina Keating recounts the absorbing, fast-paced drama of the company's turbulent rise to the top and its attempt to invent two new kinds of business. First it engaged in a grueling war against video-store behemoth Blockbuster, transforming movie rental forever. Then it jumped into an even bigger battle for online video streaming against Google, Hulu, Amazon, and the big cable companies. Netflix ushered in such innovations as DVD rental by mail, a patented online queue of upcoming rentals, and a recommendation algorithm called Cinematch that proved crucial in its struggle against bigger rivals. Yet for all its success, Netflix is still a polarizing company. Hastings is often heralded as a visionary-he was named Business Person of the Year in 2010 by Fortune-even as he has been called the nation's worst CEO. Netflix also faces disgruntled customers after price increases and other stumbles that could tarnish the brand forever. The quest to become the world's portal for premium video on demand will determine nothing less than the future of entertainment and the Internet. Drawing on extensive new interviews and her years covering Netflix as a financial and entertainment reporter, Keating makes this tale as absorbing as it is important.
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Kimberlone
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Finished all 7 episodes of this fantastic series, from Mike Flanagan, who also did the two Haunting series for Netflix. At first, you sense there is something off about the community and one of its newcomers, then becomes obvious that something more sinister is at play, and by the finale things have devolved into outright terror and violence. I was really not expecting the twist about halfway, and the balance of emotion/horror worked well.

Tera66 I loved it! Good and scary! 3y
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ElizaMarie
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#CheesyChristmasMovie Bingo update :) Movie was from Netflix : Christmas Inheritance

Go #TeamNutcracker !!! ❄️ #WinterGames

@Bookworm54 , @Clwojick , @StayCurious

1 point participation ⛄️ + 2 X 20 bingo lines = 41 points (just one more square to go!)

Running total: 1,998

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ElizaMarie
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Still in bed (but feeling better) watching #CheesyChristmasMovie : Christmas Inheritance

Go #TeamNutcracker !!! ❄️ #WinterGames

@Bookworm54 , @Clwojick , @StayCurious

1 point participation ⛄️ + 5 points #HolidayMovie = 6 points

Running total: 1,957

Bookworm54 I took the day off work, but not feeling much better yet! I did drag myself out of the house for boring purposes though. Fun haha 4y
ElizaMarie @Bookworm54 I hope you feel better :) today is my natural day off so I can do nothing. Actually I have a week and half off. Was gonna do laundry but I don‘t want to. I‘ll wait till tomorrow. 4y
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Jilly6183
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I've been really busy at work and haven't spent much time on Litsy lately, so I may have missed the discussion, but has anyone seen this show? It's about stalking with a sort of bookish theme. It's absolutely ridiculous but I couldn't stop watching. #guiltypleasure

ELH I watched the first episode but haven‘t had the courage for the second one yet! 😳 5y
ELH I believe it is based on a book 5y
Jilly6183 @ELH It makes sense if it's based in a book given the narration style. And I didn't find it scary but I love scary things. The ante ups as it goes on but it's also absurd. And why doesn't she have any curtains?! 5y
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Cadyly It‘s a good adaptation of the book. Gives all the right creepy vibes while still making you kind of like Joe. 5y
JacqMac I just finished it last week. It was pretty good, but I liked the the book more. The book made me really like Joe. Which is just so wrong. Lol 5y
Jilly6183 @Cadyly @JacqMac Does the book make Beck any more likeable? She's awful in the show 5y
WhatThePuck @Jilly6183 No. Beck is supposed to be unlikeable so you can sympathize with Joe. I love this book. Joe will make you laugh out loud. It's a pretty short read too. Scratch that, I just checked and it's apparently 400+ pages but I swear it felt like less than 200. 🤣 5y
JacqMac I agree with @WhatThePuck You‘re supposed to hate Beck. And the book did feel short. It‘s an easy read. 5y
Boooooks @Jilly6183 😂 every time I watched it I was thinking oh my god get some curtains please! 5y
Jilly6183 @WhatThePuck @JacqMac I'll have to check out the book. Just realized it's already in my TBR 😂 5y
Jilly6183 @Boooooks I mean honestly 🤣 5y
WhatThePuck @Jilly6183 @Boooooks I feel like it was explained better in the book. 5y
ELH @Jilly6183 I just feel like I don‘t want to be alone in the house when I watch it! And all my curtains are closed! Ha! (edited) 5y
Cadyly I think Beck was better in the show. Book-Beck was more self-absorbed and shallow, I felt. 5y
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Leftcoastzen
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Does anybody else watch Friends from College?

cariashley I watched season 1 and felt mixed about it, but I do want to watch season 2! 5y
Leftcoastzen @cariashley I love the cast so even the cringe worthy things on it make me laugh with guilty pleasure. 5y
JoScho I saw season 1 but haven‘t watched the second season yet. 5y
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swishandflick
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Oh snap!!! Season 2 of Making a Murderer is finally streaming! If anybody needs me, I'll be over here sliding into a Netflix binge 👏🏽

eanderson My husband has been brushing up on this! We are excited for the 2nd season too! 5y
That-Bookish-Hiker The husband and I are queuing that up now! 😆 5y
Reviewsbylola My friend texted me that just watching the beginning has her so angry that she‘s not sure she can finish it. 😞 5y
Theshadedbuffalo I‘m on the second episode right now! I love these docu-series, especially when I can‘t figure out if I believe the suspect or not! It was like that for me and The Staircase series on Netflix. I couldn‘t decide if he is innocent! 5y
MicheleinPhilly I‘ll be curious to hear your thoughts. I was obsessed with season 1 but I‘ve heard not very good things about season 2. 5y
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FantasyChick
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No reading today. Taking a break to play some serious catchup with #Netflix
Greys and stitching all day. I love a weekend filled with nothingness 💖

ReadingSusan Omg I just watched the episode this morning! Funny 6y
Booknerd222 I‘m only a few eps away from ep 11, I binge watched s14 last night 6y
FantasyChick @ReadingSusan Great Minds!! 👍 I'm not saying I watched 7 episodes today.....but....I totally binged 7 episodes 😂 #ImNotSorry @Booknerd222 6y
Booknerd222 Ahahahahahahaha I feel that 100% xD 6y
ReadingSusan @FantasyChick omg I finished last season in like two days 🤣🤣 (edited) 6y
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rather_be_reading
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Have you guys watched this yet?

Rayleigh_LitAp No but it‘s in my queue! Hoping to get to it soon! 6y
LibrarianRyan I started it last night but I don‘t think I was paying enough attention. 6y
hoppeduponbooks I really liked it. 6y
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KristinaRay I‘ve watched 3 episodes. I like it a lot. It is very trippy. My husband and I haven‘t been marathoning it because there‘s a lot to process after each episode. 6y
ilyssa.g Just started it! It's interesting so far 6y
GripLitGrl Not yet but I definitely plan on it 6y
tessavi I just finished it. It was good but I expected something more? 6y
hmgbrdhart Loving it. I'd binge watch it but the hubby is doing it a bit at a time. 6y
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Birdsong28
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JeaMar82

Checked my checking account and noticed that Netflix charged a little bit more than normal. They're charging tax now. 🙄 All my family/friends who use my Netflix account are lucky I love you guys or I'd cancel it. 😂

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KirstieE
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Happy #StrangerThings day ! I'm so excited for the new season 😍

Texreader Awwww!!! 6y
DarcysMom I only had time to watch the first episode today. I am hoping (🤞) to watch more tomorrow. 6y
sammisho Waiting on my Husband to finish his accounting homework to start! 6y
night_shift Once my boyfriend is home and dinner is done, the binge watch commences. 6y
lucysroomtoys Love this series! The second season was so good! 6y
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OrangeMooseReads
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I love that Netflix now has this category 😺😸❤️

Sace That is cool! 7y
nabilareads Awesome! 7y
kricheal I saw it last night too! 7y
MinDea What! I haven't seen this category yet...will have to go find it! Thanks for sharing! 7y
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SG2014
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The kitty had other ideas of what we should be doing. #shealwaysgetsherway

Cinfhen 😂 7y
CouronneDhiver Always. Crazy kitty! 7y
RealBooks4ever 😆😆😆 7y
LauraBeth 😹😹 7y
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respekt1111
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Yep.

mcipher Dream night! 😊😂 7y
[DELETED] 206653737 Lol Love it! 😂 7y
Soubhiville Yeeesssss!!!! 🤣 7y
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Megabooks 👍🏻👍🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻📚 7y
kspenmoll 😘🍷📚tonight (edited) 7y
respekt1111 @kspenmoll You got the right idea! 🍺👍 7y
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beagle.mama
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Loving this series on Netflix. Wondering if it was based on a book. It's a great diversion right now, like my books have been.