After 25 years, Netflix is winding down its business of mailing DVDs to subscribers. Now, maybe that's a no-brainer in this digital age, but not to everybody. Here's NPR's Mandalit del Barco. MANDALIT ...

It was a shocking announcement, in part because of the larger change and loss it represents and in part because we didn’t see it coming. On Tuesday, in a tweet, DVD Netflix announced that in September ...

Netflix will send out its last red envelope on Friday, marking an end to 25 years of mailing DVDs to members. The company announced earlier this year it is shutting down its DVD-by-mail service, 16 ...

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Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook We’ve reached the end of an era now that Netflix is finally ending its DVD mailing service. The ...

Netflix‘s famous red envelopes are headed to the recycling bin of history. The company announced the shutdown of the DVD-by-mail business Tuesday ahead of its first-quarter 2023 earnings report. Since ...

April 18 (UPI) --Netflix announced Tuesday it plans to end its DVD by mail service. The final shipment of DVDs will be Sept. 29. DVDs by mail was the original business model when Netflix began in 1997 ...

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A few days ago, Netflix sent an email presenting the giveaway as the “Finale Surprise,” a farewell to the well-known service offered by DVD.com. The email invited the fans to review their queue and ...