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Article: TAKING ON TINSELTOWN; CEO Lowe lands blows in brawl with Hollywood over DVD rentals.(NEWS)(Redbox Automated Retail LLC's Mitch Lowe )
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- Crain's Chicago Business
- Article date:
- September 7, 2009
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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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Article: Redbox(R) Files Federal Lawsuit Against Warner Home Video.
PR Newswire;
August 19, 2009 ;
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... ... TERRACE, Ill., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Redbox Automated Retail, LLC, filed suit in Delaware Federal Court ... consumers' rights against studio action. About Redbox Redbox Automated Retail, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coinstar ...
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