'Home Media Magazine' asked new Blockbuster president Michael Kelly, credited as the “visionary” behind Dish Network’s surprise winning bid for the rental chain’s assets, to share his thoughts on the challenges physical media faces in an age of digital hype.More>>

Warner Bros. is cutting 50 employees, or 1% of its 5,500-person global workforce, at its Burbank, Calif.-based studio due to sluggish sales in packaged media.More>>

The Walt Disney Co. will terminate about 200 positions in its studio operations — including home entertainment — sometime during the week of June 13, a corporate source confirmed.More>>

Kirchner chatted with Home Media Magazine about Neo:X; the general importance of sound in the theater, in the home and in the mobile space; the important role DTS is playing in sound for 3D; and how DTS figures into networked entertainment offerings.More>>

Blockbuster Inc.’s former executive team, including CEO Jim Keyes who resigned his position as chairman of the board May 6, has assumed new positions with Dish Network's subsidiary Blockbuster LLC. More>>

As expected, Miramax March 7 named veteran industry executive Eric Doctorow EVP of worldwide home entertainment and distribution.More>>

Veteran home entertainment industry executive Eric Doctorow has reportedly left his job as GM of MGM Home Entertainment and has taken on a new assignment at Miramax, according to industry sources. More>>

Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings has joined the board of popular social network website Facebook.More>>

Dish Network May 16 said it named Joseph Clayton president, CEO and member of the satellite TV operator’s board of directors, effective June 20.More>>

Netflix’s prolific transformation from online disc rental pioneer to streaming trailblazer and Wall Street wunderkind wasn’t always a bed of roses, as depicted in an engaging Bloomberg TV profile of co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings.More>>