The online future of television

Mar. 21, 2013
With the success of House of Cards on Netflix, more viewers are ditching TV channels and going online to watch their favorite shows.  

Jail for Jesse Jackson Jr.?

Feb. 7, 2013
Also: New CTA trains / Jon Stewart mocks Obama / Chicago toilets / Standardized test protest / Earth-like planets.

Navigating the streams of home entertainment media

Nov. 2, 2011
Home entertainment morphed into a strange new beast in recent years. The television remained the pride of place in many living rooms but how consumers got their media has changed quite a bit. From Direct TV to Netflix and Hulu, content was everywhere and in multiple formats.

Netflix loses 800,000 subscribers

Oct. 24, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO  — Netflix's video subscription service lost 800,000 customers in the third quarter —the biggest exodus in its history— even as its earnings rose 65 percent.The losses were larger than management had previously warned.

Netflix won't send you DVDs anymore; now they'll come from 'Qwikster'

Sep. 19, 2011
Netflix has figured out that people are very upset about its decision to split streaming video and DVD delivery — a decision that got it in huge hot water earlier this year. Customers who had previously gotten both streaming and DVDs for a single price would now have to pay separately.

The Paper Machete Radio Magazine 7/30/11: The High Cost of Living show

Aug. 3, 2011
Things that are free: The Paper Machete.

Netflix' news: signal of DVD's demise?

Nov. 22, 2010
Being old enough to remember 8-track tapes, cassettes and Betamax, we know a little something about the demise of once popular ways to be entertained.The Associated Press says the announcement today by Netflix that it is shifting its focus to streaming video may signal the end of the DVD: