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Archambeau: Blockbuster's CEO dismissed Hastings' pitch, assuming they could buy Netflix
“And I'll never forget, my boss, the CEO at the time of Blockbuster, he just sat back and said, ah, if that ever becomes anything, we'll just buy it.”
Archambault: Blockbuster rejected a Netflix merger, assuming it could buy them later
“Reed came out to Blockbuster, and pitched, let's take Blockbuster.com, the brand, let's take Netflix, the technology, put them together, and spit it out, and have Blockbuster.com, Inc. And I'll never forget, my boss, the CEO at the time of Blockbuster, he just…”