
Blockbuster blew $8 billion. We’re still paying for it
From How We Got Here with Chris Kohler
Published 5/4/2026
A complete corporate disaster.Blockbuster stuffed up so badly that the world started walking down a path away from one-off payments and towards subscriptions. And the best part is, Blockbuster's demise was baked in from the start. It just grew so fast the problems were hard to see... for a few…
