Archive for October 2nd, 2006
Netflix Offers $1M
Help Netflix improve there business and get a $1 million dollars. I guess this can be taken two ways.
1. The people they hire are not smart enough to figure this out.
2. They want user input to validate their ideas?
Not sure which is right or maybe it’s a combo of both. However they succeeded in getting this into the news and on to my blog. Well worth the $1 million they will eventually payout.
Read the full story over at Yahoo, link below…
Online DVD rental pioneer Netflix Inc. wants recommendations on how to improve its movie recommendation system, and is dangling a $1 million reward as an incentive.The prize, offered in a contest beginning Monday, is part of Netflix’s effort to sharpen its competitive edge as it continues a bitter duel with Blockbuster Inc. and prepares for an anticipated onslaught of services that make it easier to download movies onto computer hard drives.
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Kutcher takes top 2 spots
Big weekend for Mr. Kutcher. He is part of 2 movies in spot one and two for this weekend. I will wait until The Guardian comes out on cable, if that…
A cartoon bear and deer talked their way to the top of the box office as Martin Lawrence and Ashton Kutcher’s animated comedy “Open Season” debuted with $23 million.
Kutcher also finished in second place with Disney’s “The Guardian” in which he co-stars with Kevin Costner as Coast Guard rescue swimmers. The action drama opened with $17.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Here is the rest of the numbers for the weekend.
1. “Open Season,” $23 million.
2. “The Guardian,” $17.7 million.
3. “Jackass Number Two,” $14 million.
4. “School for Scoundrels,” $9.1 million.
5. “Jet Li’s Fearless,” $4.7 million.
6. “Gridiron Gang,” $4.5 million.
7. “The Illusionist,” $2.8 million.
8. “Flyboys,” $2.3 million.
9. “The Black Dahlia,” $2.1 million.
10. “Little Miss Sunshine,” $2 million.
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