> Blockbuster even started its own Netflix competitor but they could not spend the money and time to make a go of it. From John Antioco's telling it would have

> Blockbuster even started its own Netflix competitor but they could not spend the money and time to make a go of it. From John Antioco's telling it would have but he lost control of the company to activist shareholders, who as you said: > ...never look at whether a unit is a good future investment. https://hbr.org/2011/04/how-i-did-it-blockbusters-former-ceo-on-sparring-with-an-activist-shareholder https://hbr.org/2011/04/how-i-did-it-blockbusters-former-ceo...