The Last Blockbuster

The last Blockbuster video rental store in America is in Bend, Oregon. In a recent viral video, it vows to survive the apocalypse, like the mighty cockaroach:

After the video appeared on social media, business at the shop increased 200%.

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Little Blockbuster Library

Blockbuster video stores may be gone from your neighborhood, but the spirit lives on in a new kind of “Little Library.” Free Blockbuster: Give a DVD, take a DVD. That goes for VHS tapes, too.

More:

“New ‘Free Blockbuster’ Boxes Let Locals Donate and Borrow Movies,” Dana Munro, ARLnow

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The YouTube Collection

You can own it all with The YouTube Collection. Introduced April 1, 2012.

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Blockbuster Waives Late Fees, Waves Goodbye

The last 300 Blockbuster Video stores will close by the end of the year. The brand will live on in the video-streaming service of parent company Dish Network and on the facades of 50 stores owned by franchisees. The Blockbuster video rental chain was once the country’s largest, with 60,000 employees and 9,000 stores.

More:

“OBITUARY: Blockbuster Video: 1985-2013,” Alex Pappademas, Grantland 

“I Loved You, Blockbuster,” Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic

“The miseries and pleasures of Blockbuster Video,” By Dana Stevens, Slate

“As Blockbuster Prepares To Close, Fans Line Up To Stock Video Libraries,” CBS Los Angeles

“Why Blockbuster’s Death Doesn’t Matter,” Daniel Carlson, Pajiba

“Blockbuster closure could cost Dish $30M,” L. Wayne Hicks, Denver Business Journal

The YouTube Collection

Available April 1, 2012.

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