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The Motley Fool May 12, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Icahn's Blockbuster Move Billionaire investor Carl Icahn wins a spot on the Blockbuster board, but that's only the beginning. Blockbuster has really been trying the patience of its shareholders lately.
The Motley Fool May 5, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Make It a Blockbuster Fight Blockbuster and Carl Icahn are just days away from a battle at the company's shareholder meeting. Given Blockbuster's deteriorating financials and the sector's quickly changing landscape, it's hard to value the company based on its future prospects.
The Motley Fool September 2, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Blockbuster Keeps the Change Since corporate raider Carl Icahn came aboard, a sense of financial sensibility has begun to emerge at Blockbuster. The struggling movie-rental giant eliminates its quarterly dividend.
The Motley Fool May 19, 2005 Rich Duprey	Blockbuster to Hike Prices Movie rental giant admits its low-cost policy was a flop. Earlier this month, Blockbuster reported that first-quarter rental revenues fell 4% to $1.1 billion, as it missed out on some $145 million in late-fee revenues that it had enjoyed last year.
The Motley Fool May 5, 2005 Timothy M. Otte	The Drama Builds at Blockbuster First-quarter earnings are likely to intensify the battle over control of the Blockbuster board. After today's earnings release, it's hard to say what's better for the company.
The Motley Fool January 14, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Blockbuster: Playing Possum? Blockbuster's recent moves seem to indicate that misery loves companies.
The Motley Fool May 19, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	I Hate You, Don't Leave Me! If Blockbuster's ridiculous compensation and severance packages are the reason why John Antioco is still around, then that's just another reason for shareholder's to whip out a broom and sweep the boardroom clean next year as well.
The Motley Fool August 4, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Rent This Space Blockbuster's recent stumble may be a prelude to a dramatic exit from its online business. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 29, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Blockbuster's Hollywood Ending Blockbuster pulls out of the Hollywood Entertainment bidding war.
The Motley Fool February 11, 2011 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Who Will Make a Blockbuster Deal? The movie store needs to smoke out a buyer.
Home Theater March 23, 2010 Mark Fleischmann	Blockbuster Coughing Blood The company that killed indie video stores is on its deathbed.
The Motley Fool April 18, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Paying for Hollywood's Fame Movie Gallery announced that it was going to take on $325 million in new debt later this month. The move is necessary as the country's third-largest video rental chain gets ready to acquire the second-largest player, Hollywood Entertainment.
The Motley Fool February 10, 2004 W.D. Crotty	A Blockbuster Orphan Spun off by Viacom, will the movie renter be hobbled by debt?
The Motley Fool December 29, 2004 Dave Marino-Nachison	This Offer Is No Blockbuster The battle for Hollywood Entertainment is being fought with plastic swords. Investors are in an awkward position.
The Motley Fool February 18, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Say Goodbye to Hollywood Hollywood Entertainment praising a lower takeover bid doesn't pass the taste test. Accepting a deal greater than the original sum would be the best way to reward shareholders who held through the company's recent travails.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Fee Fight For Fun Blockbuster's new fee structure isn't all that consumer-friendly -- and it's a disaster waiting to happen. Investors buying into Blockbuster today better not come crying when they want out as this public fiasco unfolds next year.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Blockbuster Version 2.0 Blockbuster shares are moving, but that's not always a good thing.
BusinessWeek October 11, 2004 Robert Barker	A Blockbuster Offer with Little Star Power Should investors swap their Viacom stock for shares in Blockbuster? The simplest thing to do is nothing. But the relative values of the two stocks make Blockbuster seem enticing.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Hurray for Hollywood? Blockbuster's willing to up the ante for Hollywood Video. While investors bid up shares of both firms, there's really no need for much enthusiasm.
Home Theater May 11, 2010 Mark Fleischmann	Movie Gallery Chain to Close Another 1906 video rental stores will disappear from landscape.
The Motley Fool November 11, 2004 Bill Mann	A Hollywood Blockbuster Blockbuster tries to remove Hollywood Entertainment from its list of ferocious competitors by offering to buy the company.
The Motley Fool February 8, 2005 Tom Taulli	Retro Raider Strikes Again Carl Icahn has been very busy lately -- and his most recent prey is cardboard packaging manufacturer Temple-Inland. The stock closed unchanged yesterday at $75.75. It had surged 16% when his interest in the stock became public.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	I Think Icahn, Time Warner Despite the market's interest in Time Warner's online operations, billionaire investor Carl Icahn still believes that more can be done to improve shareholder value.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2011 Anders Bylund	Blockbuster Needs More Than a Miracle Fresh financing won't be nearly enough to pull Blockbuster out of this death spiral.
The Motley Fool May 31, 2005 Tom Taulli	The Icahn Effect Carl Icahn has spread fear throughout corporate boardrooms. Now hedge fund Relational Investors looks like an Icahn wannabe.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Blockbuster Looks Better The movie rental giant has a few things going its way.
The Motley Fool October 27, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Blockbuster Begs Before Playing Dead The video rental chain is talking with its creditors in hopes of making it out alive. The news sent shares dropping 16%.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2006 David Meier	Biggest Disappointment: Blockbuster In the spirit of the Winter Olympics, here are stock challenges from the publication's writers: Big disappointments are a value investor's meat and potatoes. Could the Bode Miller of video rentals win gold in Vancouver?
The Motley Fool April 27, 2006 Anders Bylund	Blockbuster Struggles for Income Blockbuster is growing its bottom line -- through painful top-line cuts. It's time for management to take this more efficient infrastructure and pull its customers back into the stores.
BusinessWeek March 5, 2007 Ronald Grover	Just Don't Call Him A Raider Carl Icahn, who now styles himself a shareholder activist, prepares for battle with Motorola.
The Motley Fool January 6, 2004 Jeff Hwang	Hollywood Hammered Hollywood Entertainment warns again, but are its shares cheap at nine times earnings?
The Motley Fool May 12, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Believing in Blockbuster Blockbuster gets its chance to look through Circuit City's books.
The Motley Fool September 17, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Viacom vs. Blockbuster Viacom is looking to dump Blockbuster, but that doesn't mean that you should elect to do the same.
The Motley Fool October 12, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Icahn's Case for Time Warner Carl Icahn issues an open letter to shareholders pushing for change on the company's board. Investors should realize, though, that just because Icahn is around, that doesn't mean their shares will automatically go up.
The Motley Fool July 3, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	End Credits for Movie Gallery? Falling through the creditor cracks, Movie Gallery is braced for a bumpy landing. With shares zeroed out and creditors cashed out for pennies on the dollar, that is the ideal time for vultures to raise their bidding cards.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	A Mixed Bag at Blockbuster The struggling video-rental giant spots a few glimmers of hope. The stock is a value play trading at a low multiple of sales, despite its currently nonexistent free cash flow.
The Motley Fool August 7, 2008 Anders Bylund	Blockbuster Pops a Pill Blockbuster reports markedly improved sales but also a deeper loss for the second quarter, compared with last year.
The Motley Fool April 12, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Hollywood Robbery If you think that you can't teach an old economy company some new economy tricks, check out the latest online feature from Hollywood Entertainment.
The Motley Fool September 1, 2004 Rich Smith	Free Cash Flow Illusions A little accounting knowledge can be a dangerous thing. Investors need to read the SEC filings to get the real picture. Here's an example using Blockbuster, Netflix and Hollywood.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Icahn's Spotty Track Record Carl Icahn and Yahoo! have made nice, in advance of next week's meeting, but will the peace last? Or is the current calm just the eye of the hurricane?
The Motley Fool January 4, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Blockbuster's Millions Blockbuster lands two million paying subscribers as its Total Access service starts to stick. Now it's up to Blockbuster to prove to its shareholders that it's a workable model, too.
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The Motley Fool September 21, 2006 Brian Lawler	ImClone's Board Shakeup A new face in the boardroom heralds change for the troubled company. Shareholders yesterday elected notorious corporate raider Carl Icahn to the company's board of directors.
The Motley Fool December 9, 2004 Bill Mann	Hollywood, But Holly Shouldn't Hollywood Entertainment's board wants shareholders to accept the lowest buyout offer.
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The Motley Fool February 22, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Better Late Than Clever Blockbuster comes under fire for its "No Late Fees" ad campaign.
The Motley Fool November 18, 2008 Brian Orelli	Icahn's Next Biotech Adventure With ImClone done, he's got his eye focused elsewhere.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Blockbuster Goes for Broke The video giant lowers rental fees again. Sounds desperate and puts the light on Netflix. Further, it will help guarantee that Blockbuster's profitability will be adversely affected in the coming months, just as the company warned in early November.