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Business Wars

Business Wars

By: Wondery
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Netflix vs. HBO. Nike vs. Adidas. Business is war. Sometimes the prize is your wallet or your attention. Sometimes, it’s just the fun of beating the other guy. The outcome of these battles shapes what we buy and how we live.

Business Wars gives you the unauthorized, real story of what drives these companies and their leaders, inventors, investors and executives to new heights -- or to ruin. Hosted by David Brown, former anchor of Marketplace. From Wondery, the network behind Dirty John and American History Tellers.

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  • Introducing: Business Wars

    Introducing: Business Wars
    Jan 19 2018

    Netflix-HBO. Nike-Adidas. Business is war. Sometimes the prize is your wallet. Sometimes your attention. Sometimes just the fun of beating the other guy. From Wondery, the network behind Dirty John and American History Tellers.

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    1 min
  • Netflix vs Blockbuster - Sudden Death | 1

    Netflix vs Blockbuster - Sudden Death | 1
    Feb 6 2018

    This is Episode 1 of an 8-part series on the brutal business battle between Netflix and Blockbuster, and later HBO.

    It all started around 1997, with a guy named Marc Randolph and his mathematician friend Reed Hastings. Randolph and Hastings knew they’d have to take on Blockbuster, but what they didn’t anticipate was that their business model would take on network television and eventually change the entire movie industry.

    This was an 8-year total war that left innumerable casualties in its wake: thousands of hollowed out buildings and economic losses in the billions.


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    27 mins
  • Netflix vs Blockbuster - Origins | 2

    Netflix vs Blockbuster - Origins | 2
    Feb 6 2018

    After Hastings pleaded with Antioco to buy Blockbuster Online, Antioco agreed to present Hasting’s proposal to the board. What he didn’t tell him was that he was pushing the board to reject the offer so Netflix would wither and die. Meanwhile, Netflix was struggling to gain legitimacy in Hollywood. Netflix quickly realized that before it could take on the Hollywood gods, it would have to slay Blockbuster.


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    20 mins
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I’m not in to Business but I LOVE listening to this. The sound, the different voices and the EFFORT, is all truly AMAZING! There is loads of different series and I love scrolling through them. My fav is McDonalds VS Burger King. And I’m currently listening to cereal wars

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