Article: TAKING ON TINSELTOWN; CEO Lowe lands blows in brawl with Hollywood over DVD rentals.(NEWS)(Redbox Automated Retail LLC's Mitch Lowe )

Byline: JOHN PLETZ

Sometime next month, Mitch Lowe will set off on a 30-mile hike through the Peruvian Andes to the lost Incan city of Machu Picchu.

"Hiking is about finding a place to sort my thoughts out, says Mr. Lowe, who spends enough time on the trails to know where he can get cell phone reception for a conference call.

Mr. Lowe has plenty to think about. The 56-year-old president of Oakbrook Terrace-based Redbox Automated Retail LLC is managing the explosive growth of the company's movie-rental business and trying to negotiate with Hollywood movie studio executives who view Redbox's $1-a-night DVD rentals with suspicion. Then there's the ...

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