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Headline of the Day: Blockbuster Circuit City Merger

My favorite headline regarding the Blockbuster (BBI) with Circuit City (CC) merger comes from my friend John, formerly of GMSV, now of All Things Digital:

CircuitBuster Would Merge Failure With Fiasco http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080414/circuitbuster/

Classic!

Monday, April 14, 2008 | 01:49 PM | Permalink | Comments (14) | TrackBack (0)
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one piece of crap plus another piece of crap= a pile of crap

Posted by: David McCarty | Apr 14, 2008 1:59:47 PM

This one tops the Kmart/Sears debacle.

Posted by: JungleJim | Apr 14, 2008 2:15:42 PM

OT, but related to dumb things, I just found an old post from December:

The big rise in inflation demonstrated the pressures facing the Federal Reserve, which is trying to combat a sharp slowdown in economic growth while at the same time making sure that inflation does not get out of hand.

At the White House, press secretary Dana Perino said that one bad report on inflation "doesn't make a trend."

Posted by: DH@TH | Apr 14, 2008 2:22:23 PM

Astounding. I thought Yahoo/MSFT was "Dumb and Dumberer". You sure the date wasn't April 1 on that headline?

Posted by: Tom B | Apr 14, 2008 2:29:02 PM

I can only imagine the snicker's this produced over at NFLX this morning......

Antioco (former CEO of BBI) lives!!!!!!

Ciao
MS

Posted by: michael schumacher | Apr 14, 2008 2:42:29 PM

Don't leave out Delta + Northwest.

As we have seen in the past, loser plus loser equals big loser.

Posted by: me | Apr 14, 2008 2:47:49 PM

The frantic mating of dinosaurs in the shadow of the giant incoming asteroid...

Posted by: lurker | Apr 14, 2008 3:22:58 PM

Like Fannie/Freddie and subprime loans?

Posted by: Pat G. | Apr 14, 2008 6:30:42 PM

I wish Blockbuster would instead merge with First Marblehead - at least we'd have a better headline:

BlockHead Merger On Tap!

Posted by: Winston Munn | Apr 14, 2008 9:54:59 PM

Two lame dogs tied together by their good legs?

Posted by: Philip in Bali | Apr 15, 2008 2:15:52 AM

Two lame dogs tied together by their good legs?

Posted by: Philip in Bali | Apr 15, 2008 2:16:56 AM

I actually think the merger could make a lot of sense...devices and delivery formats are worthless, so both businesses find themselves hawking commodities...the value is in the content, and how that content is experienced. So if Blockbuster and Circuit City could combine into some integrated offering...well, it would be a massive leap, but there could be something in the idea. I've blogged about it at some length at DIM BULB if you'd like to check it out: http://dimbulb.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/04/those-who-cant.html

Posted by: Jonathan Salem Baskin | Apr 15, 2008 7:52:20 AM

I actually think the merger could make a lot of sense...devices and delivery formats are worthless, so both businesses find themselves hawking commodities...the value is in the content, and how that content is experienced. So if Blockbuster and Circuit City could combine into some integrated offering...well, it would be a massive leap, but there could be something in the idea. I've blogged about it at some length at DIM BULB if you'd like to check it out: http://dimbulb.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/04/those-who-cant.html

Posted by: Jonathan Salem Baskin | Apr 15, 2008 7:52:39 AM

"f Blockbuster and Circuit City could combine into some integrated offering.."

Netflix movie downloads. Apple movie downloads with Apple TV.

What you want, when you want without going to Blockbuster or CC.

I might have know Icahn was behind this. This is about as brilliant as Motorola spinning off the phone business.

Posted by: me | Apr 15, 2008 9:47:43 AM