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Redbox’s owner files for bankruptcy after repeatedly missing payments and payroll (www.theverge.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world

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informed employees of the filing late Friday [...] that it had filed for a debtor-in-possession loan — a way for companies that are reorganizing after filing for bankruptcy to secure additional working capital to meet payroll. [...] employees have been waiting for paychecks since June 21st [...] it’s not certain that the company will be able to secure such a loan.

Chicken Soup took on $325 million in debt when it acquired Redbox in 2022 and has since been sued over a dozen times over unpaid bills.

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[–] tal@lemmy.today -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You can buy discs online.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Literally said "and rental" and was talking about rentals. Buying discs online isn't much of a competition with streaming. Rentals are much more appealing for most media consumption as compared to purchases which are typically reserved for specific titles (often which were initially rented) where repeat viewing is intended. I liked physical rentals for quality and reliability. Certainly won't switch to purchasing though now that redbox is going under.

[–] ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Buying is at least enough that we should still get bluray pirate releases