Business Wars

By Wondery

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What's Business Wars about?

Netflix vs. HBO. Nike vs. Adidas. Business is war. Sometimes the prize is your wallet, or your attention. Sometimes, it’s just the fun of beating the other guy. The outcome of these battles shapes what we buy and how we live.
Business Wars gives you the unauthorized, real story of what drives these companies and their leaders, inventors, investors and executives to new heights -- or to ruin. Hosted by David Brown, former anchor of Marketplace. From Wondery, the network behind Dirty John and American History Tellers.

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Introducing The Jordan Harb...

08.15.2019

Join Jordan Harbinger with Jason DeFillippo as they get deep into the untapped wisdom of the world's top performers -- from intelligence operatives to legendary musicians, iconoclastic writers to visionary changemakers. They deconstruct the playbooks of the most successful people ...

Business Wars episodes:

08.15.2019 Introducing The Jordan Harbinger Show Join Jordan Harbinger with Jason DeFillippo as they get deep into the untapped wisdom of the world's top performers -- from intelligence operatives to legendary musicians, iconoclastic writers to visionary changemakers. They deconstruct the playbooks of the most successful people ...
08.14.2019 Harley and the Biker Wars - The British Invaders \| 1 By the late 1940s, Harley-Davidson has become America’s leading motorcycle manufacturer. The family-owned Milwaukee brand has battled hundreds of companies since its first bike rolled out of a backyard shack in 1903. Now they’re facing the birth of the outlaw ...
08.12.2019 The Latest from Business Wars Daily \| 1 A shakeup in the maple syrup industry. The slowest pizza delivery in the world. Pet food companies cashing in on your love for Fido. On our sister show Business Wars Daily, we bring you breaking news about the business rivalries ...
08.07.2019 Business Battles - Monster vs Beats by Dre \| 1 With all the hype around portable and smart speakers, it’s easy to forget that they didn’t always exist. In fact, it took one fateful meeting with Monster Cables and Interscope Records to really kick the industry off. In this one-episode ...
08.06.2019 Introducing Sean Carroll's Mindscape How big is our galaxy? Why do certain movies make us cry? And what exactly is string theory? Join Sean Carroll's Mindscape to dive deep into the biggest ideas in science, philosophy, culture and much more. Start listening today at ...
08.05.2019 Cereal Wars-The Most Important Meal \| 7 Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! Or is it? While that phrase sounds scientifically and nutritionally sound, it’s origins can be traced back to cereal company marketing departments. We conclude our series on the cereal wars with ...
07.31.2019 Cereal Wars - Going Soggy \| 6 It’s the year 2000 and, for the first time in almost a century, Kellogg’s is no longer America's top cereal maker. Now a new CEO is in the driving seat, and he’s on a mission to win back the cereal ...
07.29.2019 Cereal Wars - Trix of the Trade \| 5 It’s the 1980s and General Mills is making waves with a new cereal based on the world’s hottest video game: Pac-Man. But Kellogg’s is hoping to cash in on a different trend: the growing clamour among adults for healthier breakfasts. ...
07.26.2019 Introducing The Pitch Listen as real entrepreneurs pitch to real investors — for real money. To hear what happens after The Pitch and listen to more episodes, go to gimlet.media/pitch
07.24.2019 Cereal Wars - Cereal Offenders \| 4 It’s the late 1950s and General Mills is playing catch-up. While Kellogg’s and Post are thriving on the back of animated characters and sugary cereals, General Mills’ cereals are looking stale. So now the Cheerios maker is on a mission ...
07.22.2019 Cereal Wars - Sugar Rush \| 3 World War II is in the rearview mirror, and breakfast cereal is on the brink of a new calorific era. Post Cereals decides to break from its healthful past and start sugar coating its cereals. It’s a move that leaves ...
07.17.2019 Cereal Wars - Breakfast of Champions \| 2 It’s 1904 and Quaker Oats is about to make an, ahem, explosive entry into the cold cereal business. With the Kellogg brothers at risk of being left behind, Will Kellogg finally decides it’s time to stand up to his brother. ...
07.15.2019 Cereal Wars - A Divine Mission \| 1 It’s the late 1800s and America is in the grip of a bellyache epidemic. But, thanks to a divine revelation, help is on the way in the form of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and his sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan. ...
07.10.2019 Gibson vs Fender - The Future of the Electric Guitar \| 7 Ian S. Port, author of The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll joins us to talk about the future of the electric guitar as music creation becomes increasingly digital.
07.08.2019 Gibson vs Fender - Attack of the Robot Guitars \| 6 In the '90s and 2000s, new ownership has revitalized both Fender and Gibson and rekindled their rivalry. Through acquisitions, artist endorsements and their rapidly expanding custom shops, both brands are in a heated battle to win the hearts and minds ...
07.03.2019 Gibson vs Fender - Back From the Brink \| 5 It's the early 1980s, and for the first time in 30 years, the U.S. guitar market has gone cold. Bands are switching to synthesizers and kids are ditching their garage bands for computers and video games. A group of employees ...
07.01.2019 Gibson vs Fender - Les Pauls Unleashed \| 4 In the 1960s, rock'n roll's popularity continues to grow. But one of the genre's most popular guitars, the Les Paul, is no longer being made. Now the guitar's namesake must convince an out-of-touch Gibson to put the favorite guitar of ...
06.26.2019 Gibson vs Fender - The Stratocaster Blasts Off \| 3 Gibson's Les Paul sets a new standard for the solid-body electric guitar, and rival guitar maker Fender needs to respond. The company does so in 1954 with a sleek, futuristic guitar unlike anything else on the market: the Stratocaster. It's ...
06.24.2019 Gibson vs Fender - Loud and Clear \| 2 It's 1950, and Fender's first solid-body guitar, the Esquire, is the laughingstock of the music industry. To guitar makers used to elegantly made hollow-body guitars, Fender's thin, simple plank of solid wood is a joke. But its bright, powerful sound ...
06.19.2019 Gibson vs Fender - Les and Leo \| 1 In the 1930s and ’40s the market for electric guitars is growing, but it’s hindered by the instruments’ flawed designs. But a small group of mavericks is rethinking the guitar for the electronic age. One of them, guitarist Les Paul, ...
06.18.2019 Introducing 1865 1865 starts with the moment Lincoln got shot and follows the journey of the Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton. Stanton continues to push through Lincoln’s progressive agenda while dealing with the nuances around the assassination. But the moral gravity of ...
06.17.2019 Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Fighting the Crocodile \| 6 It’s a new century and the beer industry is changing fast. Beyond America, new brewery empires are forming and they want to buy their way into the lucrative U.S. market. And Miller is the first to fall, bought out by ...
06.12.2019 Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Surprise Attack Dog \| 5 It’s the 1980s and Miller’s glory days are over. Drinkers are deserting High Life and Anheuser-Busch is about to launch a $50 million attack on Miller Lite. With the pressure mounting, Miller hunts for a way to revive its momentum. ...
06.10.2019 Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Miller Killers \| 4 It’s the late 1970s and Miller is hurtling towards the top of the brewing industry on the back of High Life and Lite. Anheuser-Busch’s new leader August Busch III knows he must act fast to stop the threat. But before ...
06.05.2019 Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - It’s Miller Time! \| 3 Come the early 1970s, Miller has a new owner: tobacco giant Philip Morris. Armed with the Marlboro maker’s millions and marketing skills, Miller is about to shake up the beer business with a campaign targeting blue-collar workers thirsty for a ...
06.03.2019 Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Swinging for the Majors \| 2 By 1933 Prohibition is over, and that means the race is on to dominate a beer market that’s been reset. Under the leadership of Anheuser-Busch heir Gussie Busch, the company is out to reclaim the beer throne. But there’s a ...
05.30.2019 Introducing Inside Star Wars Heroes, villains, action... all set in a galaxy far, far away. Join Inside Star Wars and go behind the camera and find out how one of the most iconic series in film history came to be. Listen now at: http://wondery.fm/ISWED
05.29.2019 Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - The Beer Barons \| 1 It’s 1893 and Chicago is about to host The World’s Columbian Exposition. It’s going to be the biggest show the world’s ever seen, and that means it’s time for Adolphus Busch to shine. He’s the owner of Budweiser brewery Anheuser-Busch ...
05.27.2019 Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - What’s Next for Digital Streaming \| 9 On today's special interview episode, renowned media futurist Rich Greenfield returns to fill us in on the latest developments in the streaming wars and how these changes might impact viewers in the coming years. Greenfield is a media and tech ...
05.22.2019 Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Streamers Everywhere \| 8 It’s spring 2019, and the Mouse House is determined to challenge Netflix for streaming supremacy. Disney CEO Bob Iger draws gasps at an industry event when he announces the new Disney Plus streaming service will cost just seven bucks a ...
05.20.2019 Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Break the Wheel \| 7 Netflix goes from being a streaming company to a movement in which consumers all over the world decide what to watch, and when and how they watch. The future that Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph envisioned two decades earlier has ...
05.15.2019 Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Binge \| 6 Hollywood execs thought Netflix was crazy to give up advertising and spin off opportunities by letting viewers flop on a couch and watch a whole season of a show all at once. But Netflix knew it was onto something. All ...
05.14.2019 Justin Long Gets Personal on "Life is Short" \| 1 Life is Short with Justin Long finds the actor sitting down with some of the funniest and most intriguing people of today, like Dax Shepard, Olivia Wilde and Neil Patrick Harris. No topics are out of bounds, and no questions ...
05.13.2019 Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - HBO Gets in the Game \| 5 We take a step back to explore how a little company called Home Box Office went from serving B-movies to 325 homes in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania to become the juggernaut that we know as HBO. In the process, HBO, became ...
05.08.2019 Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - The Digital Divide \| 4 You know the expression “content is king”? Well it turns out, sometimes it’s not. Sometimes it’s a hard-working algorithm that burrows into customer habits and viewing patterns. With that, Netflix had a clear upper hand on Blockbuster. That, and the ...
05.06.2019 Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Dirty Tricks \| 3 Thinking like your enemy is the best way to beat them, and during the war, Blockbuster tried every trick in the book to get inside Netflix. Sometimes they succeeded — sending “housewives” into warehouses as spies — and sometimes things ...
05.01.2019 Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Origins \| 2 After Hastings pleaded with Antioco to buy Blockbuster online, Antioco agreed to present Hasting’s proposal to the board. What he didn’t tell him was that he was pushing the board to reject the offer so Netflix would wither and die. ...
04.29.2019 Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Sudden Death \| 1 The way we watch is changing so rapidly that we’ve decided to revisit our very first and most popular Business War: Netflix versus Blockbuster. We’re re-airing an expanded eight-part series following Netflix’s battles against HBO and today’s new entrants into ...
04.24.2019 Ferrari vs. Lamborghini - The Future of Cars \| 4 Electric. Diesel. Driverless. Automobile Magazine’s New York Bureau Chief, Jamie Kitman, joins to talk about the latest developments in the car industry and what’s next for Ferrari and Lamborghini. Support us by supporting our sponsors! Zip Recruiter - To try ...
04.22.2019 Ferrari vs. Lamborghini - Supercar Speed Freaks \| 3 It is 1997. For decades, Lamborghini has struggled to survive as a company, and to compete with its nemesis Ferrari. All that is about to change. Volkswagen buys Lambo and injects it with cash and bulletproof German engineering. For the ...
04.17.2019 Ferrari vs. Lamborghini - Lamborghini Spawns an Icon \| 2 It’s 1970. At his factory in Italy, Ferruccio Lamborghini is desperate to build a car that can outdo his rival, Enzo Ferrari, whose Ferrari factory is just 20 miles away. With the help of genius designers and engineers, Lamborghini comes ...
04.15.2019 Ferrari vs. Lamborghini - The Gauntlet \| 1 It’s the early 1960s. In Maranello, Italy, Enzo Ferrari has made a name for himself building the most exotic road cars in the world. But when a dissatisfied customer named Ferruccio Lamborghini shows up to complain about his Ferrari’s busted ...
04.10.2019 Hasbro vs Mattel - Today's Toys \| 7 Bratz. Monster High. Funko. These are the toys that rule the roost in 2019. Veteran toy industry analyst Sean McGowan joins to discuss the big business of toys today, how Hasbro and Mattel can compete, and what’s going on with ...
04.08.2019 Hasbro vs Mattel - Screen Dreams \| 6 With the world plugging into the Internet, toys are under pressure. Kids are swapping plastic play for screen-based entertainment and both Mattel and Hasbro need to adapt. The question is: how? Mattel’s also finding out the hard way that Barbie’s ...
04.03.2019 Hasbro vs Mattel - The Shotgun Wedding \| 5 A few months ago, Mattel’s revenues were just fifty million dollars behind Hasbro’s. But now that Hasbro’s swallowed Tonka—the classic maker of Nerf, Play-Doh, and Monopoly—Mattel is half a billion dollars behind, and CEO John Amerman isn’t happy about it. ...
04.01.2019 Hasbro vs Mattel - Resurrection Joe \| 4 It’s the early 1980s and things are not looking good for Hasbro. The company hasn’t had a hit since Hungry Hungry Hippos; its founding CEO Merrill Hassenfeld has just died; now Star Wars dolls have just about gobbled up the ...
03.27.2019 Hasbro vs Mattel - The House of Cards \| 3 Sizzlers, Mattel’s new motorized Hot Wheels, were supposed to be the top toy this Christmas. But sales have fizzled, leaving Mattel $30 million below target. For the last ten years, Mattel’s done exceptionally well by its investors, but now the ...
03.25.2019 Hasbro vs Mattel - Boy Toy \| 2 It’s the 1960s and Hasbro is struggling. The pencil manufacturer turned toymaker hasn’t had a major success since Mr. Potato Head hit the shelves in 1952, and it’s starting to lose money. If the company doesn’t act fast, it’ll be ...
03.20.2019 Hasbro vs Mattel - Dream Doll \| 1 It’s the late 1940s and two small toymakers are taking their first uneasy steps. The names of these young hopefuls are Hasbro and Mattel. One’s an offshoot of a pencil manufacturer. The other a husband-and-wife garage start-up. But toy-mayking, they ...
02.25.2019 USFL vs NFL - Risky Business \| 7 Mike Pesca, Slate, joins to talk about the biggest risks facing the NFL, whether the Patriots are good or bad for the league, and what our culture would look like if football never took off as a professional sport in ...

Older episodes

08.15.2019 Introducing The Jordan Harbinger Show Join Jordan Harbinger with Jason DeFillippo as they get deep into the untapped wisdom of the world's top performers -- from intelligence operatives to legendary musicians, iconoclastic writers to visionary changemakers. They deconstruct the playbooks of the most successful people ...
08.14.2019 Harley and the Biker Wars - The British Invaders \| 1 By the late 1940s, Harley-Davidson has become America’s leading motorcycle manufacturer. The family-owned Milwaukee brand has battled hundreds of companies since its first bike rolled out of a backyard shack in 1903. Now they’re facing the birth of the outlaw ...
08.12.2019 The Latest from Business Wars Daily \| 1 A shakeup in the maple syrup industry. The slowest pizza delivery in the world. Pet food companies cashing in on your love for Fido. On our sister show Business Wars Daily, we bring you breaking news about the business rivalries ...
08.07.2019 Business Battles - Monster vs Beats by Dre \| 1 With all the hype around portable and smart speakers, it’s easy to forget that they didn’t always exist. In fact, it took one fateful meeting with Monster Cables and Interscope Records to really kick the industry off. In this one-episode ...
08.06.2019 Introducing Sean Carroll's Mindscape How big is our galaxy? Why do certain movies make us cry? And what exactly is string theory? Join Sean Carroll's Mindscape to dive deep into the biggest ideas in science, philosophy, culture and much more. Start listening today at ...
08.05.2019 Cereal Wars-The Most Important Meal \| 7 Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! Or is it? While that phrase sounds scientifically and nutritionally sound, it’s origins can be traced back to cereal company marketing departments. We conclude our series on the cereal wars with ...
07.31.2019 Cereal Wars - Going Soggy \| 6 It’s the year 2000 and, for the first time in almost a century, Kellogg’s is no longer America's top cereal maker. Now a new CEO is in the driving seat, and he’s on a mission to win back the cereal ...
07.29.2019 Cereal Wars - Trix of the Trade \| 5 It’s the 1980s and General Mills is making waves with a new cereal based on the world’s hottest video game: Pac-Man. But Kellogg’s is hoping to cash in on a different trend: the growing clamour among adults for healthier breakfasts. ...
07.26.2019 Introducing The Pitch Listen as real entrepreneurs pitch to real investors — for real money. To hear what happens after The Pitch and listen to more episodes, go to gimlet.media/pitch
07.24.2019 Cereal Wars - Cereal Offenders \| 4 It’s the late 1950s and General Mills is playing catch-up. While Kellogg’s and Post are thriving on the back of animated characters and sugary cereals, General Mills’ cereals are looking stale. So now the Cheerios maker is on a mission ...
07.22.2019 Cereal Wars - Sugar Rush \| 3 World War II is in the rearview mirror, and breakfast cereal is on the brink of a new calorific era. Post Cereals decides to break from its healthful past and start sugar coating its cereals. It’s a move that leaves ...
07.17.2019 Cereal Wars - Breakfast of Champions \| 2 It’s 1904 and Quaker Oats is about to make an, ahem, explosive entry into the cold cereal business. With the Kellogg brothers at risk of being left behind, Will Kellogg finally decides it’s time to stand up to his brother. ...
07.15.2019 Cereal Wars - A Divine Mission \| 1 It’s the late 1800s and America is in the grip of a bellyache epidemic. But, thanks to a divine revelation, help is on the way in the form of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and his sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan. ...
07.10.2019 Gibson vs Fender - The Future of the Electric Guitar \| 7 Ian S. Port, author of The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll joins us to talk about the future of the electric guitar as music creation becomes increasingly digital.
07.08.2019 Gibson vs Fender - Attack of the Robot Guitars \| 6 In the '90s and 2000s, new ownership has revitalized both Fender and Gibson and rekindled their rivalry. Through acquisitions, artist endorsements and their rapidly expanding custom shops, both brands are in a heated battle to win the hearts and minds ...
07.03.2019 Gibson vs Fender - Back From the Brink \| 5 It's the early 1980s, and for the first time in 30 years, the U.S. guitar market has gone cold. Bands are switching to synthesizers and kids are ditching their garage bands for computers and video games. A group of employees ...
07.01.2019 Gibson vs Fender - Les Pauls Unleashed \| 4 In the 1960s, rock'n roll's popularity continues to grow. But one of the genre's most popular guitars, the Les Paul, is no longer being made. Now the guitar's namesake must convince an out-of-touch Gibson to put the favorite guitar of ...
06.26.2019 Gibson vs Fender - The Stratocaster Blasts Off \| 3 Gibson's Les Paul sets a new standard for the solid-body electric guitar, and rival guitar maker Fender needs to respond. The company does so in 1954 with a sleek, futuristic guitar unlike anything else on the market: the Stratocaster. It's ...
06.24.2019 Gibson vs Fender - Loud and Clear \| 2 It's 1950, and Fender's first solid-body guitar, the Esquire, is the laughingstock of the music industry. To guitar makers used to elegantly made hollow-body guitars, Fender's thin, simple plank of solid wood is a joke. But its bright, powerful sound ...
06.19.2019 Gibson vs Fender - Les and Leo \| 1 In the 1930s and ’40s the market for electric guitars is growing, but it’s hindered by the instruments’ flawed designs. But a small group of mavericks is rethinking the guitar for the electronic age. One of them, guitarist Les Paul, ...
06.18.2019 Introducing 1865 1865 starts with the moment Lincoln got shot and follows the journey of the Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton. Stanton continues to push through Lincoln’s progressive agenda while dealing with the nuances around the assassination. But the moral gravity of ...
06.17.2019 Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Fighting the Crocodile \| 6 It’s a new century and the beer industry is changing fast. Beyond America, new brewery empires are forming and they want to buy their way into the lucrative U.S. market. And Miller is the first to fall, bought out by ...
06.12.2019 Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Surprise Attack Dog \| 5 It’s the 1980s and Miller’s glory days are over. Drinkers are deserting High Life and Anheuser-Busch is about to launch a $50 million attack on Miller Lite. With the pressure mounting, Miller hunts for a way to revive its momentum. ...
06.10.2019 Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Miller Killers \| 4 It’s the late 1970s and Miller is hurtling towards the top of the brewing industry on the back of High Life and Lite. Anheuser-Busch’s new leader August Busch III knows he must act fast to stop the threat. But before ...
06.05.2019 Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - It’s Miller Time! \| 3 Come the early 1970s, Miller has a new owner: tobacco giant Philip Morris. Armed with the Marlboro maker’s millions and marketing skills, Miller is about to shake up the beer business with a campaign targeting blue-collar workers thirsty for a ...
06.03.2019 Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Swinging for the Majors \| 2 By 1933 Prohibition is over, and that means the race is on to dominate a beer market that’s been reset. Under the leadership of Anheuser-Busch heir Gussie Busch, the company is out to reclaim the beer throne. But there’s a ...
05.30.2019 Introducing Inside Star Wars Heroes, villains, action... all set in a galaxy far, far away. Join Inside Star Wars and go behind the camera and find out how one of the most iconic series in film history came to be. Listen now at: http://wondery.fm/ISWED
05.29.2019 Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - The Beer Barons \| 1 It’s 1893 and Chicago is about to host The World’s Columbian Exposition. It’s going to be the biggest show the world’s ever seen, and that means it’s time for Adolphus Busch to shine. He’s the owner of Budweiser brewery Anheuser-Busch ...
05.27.2019 Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - What’s Next for Digital Streaming \| 9 On today's special interview episode, renowned media futurist Rich Greenfield returns to fill us in on the latest developments in the streaming wars and how these changes might impact viewers in the coming years. Greenfield is a media and tech ...
05.22.2019 Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Streamers Everywhere \| 8 It’s spring 2019, and the Mouse House is determined to challenge Netflix for streaming supremacy. Disney CEO Bob Iger draws gasps at an industry event when he announces the new Disney Plus streaming service will cost just seven bucks a ...
05.20.2019 Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Break the Wheel \| 7 Netflix goes from being a streaming company to a movement in which consumers all over the world decide what to watch, and when and how they watch. The future that Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph envisioned two decades earlier has ...
05.15.2019 Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Binge \| 6 Hollywood execs thought Netflix was crazy to give up advertising and spin off opportunities by letting viewers flop on a couch and watch a whole season of a show all at once. But Netflix knew it was onto something. All ...
05.14.2019 Justin Long Gets Personal on "Life is Short" \| 1 Life is Short with Justin Long finds the actor sitting down with some of the funniest and most intriguing people of today, like Dax Shepard, Olivia Wilde and Neil Patrick Harris. No topics are out of bounds, and no questions ...
05.13.2019 Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - HBO Gets in the Game \| 5 We take a step back to explore how a little company called Home Box Office went from serving B-movies to 325 homes in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania to become the juggernaut that we know as HBO. In the process, HBO, became ...
05.08.2019 Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - The Digital Divide \| 4 You know the expression “content is king”? Well it turns out, sometimes it’s not. Sometimes it’s a hard-working algorithm that burrows into customer habits and viewing patterns. With that, Netflix had a clear upper hand on Blockbuster. That, and the ...
05.06.2019 Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Dirty Tricks \| 3 Thinking like your enemy is the best way to beat them, and during the war, Blockbuster tried every trick in the book to get inside Netflix. Sometimes they succeeded — sending “housewives” into warehouses as spies — and sometimes things ...
05.01.2019 Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Origins \| 2 After Hastings pleaded with Antioco to buy Blockbuster online, Antioco agreed to present Hasting’s proposal to the board. What he didn’t tell him was that he was pushing the board to reject the offer so Netflix would wither and die. ...
04.29.2019 Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Sudden Death \| 1 The way we watch is changing so rapidly that we’ve decided to revisit our very first and most popular Business War: Netflix versus Blockbuster. We’re re-airing an expanded eight-part series following Netflix’s battles against HBO and today’s new entrants into ...
04.24.2019 Ferrari vs. Lamborghini - The Future of Cars \| 4 Electric. Diesel. Driverless. Automobile Magazine’s New York Bureau Chief, Jamie Kitman, joins to talk about the latest developments in the car industry and what’s next for Ferrari and Lamborghini. Support us by supporting our sponsors! Zip Recruiter - To try ...
04.22.2019 Ferrari vs. Lamborghini - Supercar Speed Freaks \| 3 It is 1997. For decades, Lamborghini has struggled to survive as a company, and to compete with its nemesis Ferrari. All that is about to change. Volkswagen buys Lambo and injects it with cash and bulletproof German engineering. For the ...
04.17.2019 Ferrari vs. Lamborghini - Lamborghini Spawns an Icon \| 2 It’s 1970. At his factory in Italy, Ferruccio Lamborghini is desperate to build a car that can outdo his rival, Enzo Ferrari, whose Ferrari factory is just 20 miles away. With the help of genius designers and engineers, Lamborghini comes ...
04.15.2019 Ferrari vs. Lamborghini - The Gauntlet \| 1 It’s the early 1960s. In Maranello, Italy, Enzo Ferrari has made a name for himself building the most exotic road cars in the world. But when a dissatisfied customer named Ferruccio Lamborghini shows up to complain about his Ferrari’s busted ...
04.10.2019 Hasbro vs Mattel - Today's Toys \| 7 Bratz. Monster High. Funko. These are the toys that rule the roost in 2019. Veteran toy industry analyst Sean McGowan joins to discuss the big business of toys today, how Hasbro and Mattel can compete, and what’s going on with ...
04.08.2019 Hasbro vs Mattel - Screen Dreams \| 6 With the world plugging into the Internet, toys are under pressure. Kids are swapping plastic play for screen-based entertainment and both Mattel and Hasbro need to adapt. The question is: how? Mattel’s also finding out the hard way that Barbie’s ...
04.03.2019 Hasbro vs Mattel - The Shotgun Wedding \| 5 A few months ago, Mattel’s revenues were just fifty million dollars behind Hasbro’s. But now that Hasbro’s swallowed Tonka—the classic maker of Nerf, Play-Doh, and Monopoly—Mattel is half a billion dollars behind, and CEO John Amerman isn’t happy about it. ...
04.01.2019 Hasbro vs Mattel - Resurrection Joe \| 4 It’s the early 1980s and things are not looking good for Hasbro. The company hasn’t had a hit since Hungry Hungry Hippos; its founding CEO Merrill Hassenfeld has just died; now Star Wars dolls have just about gobbled up the ...
03.27.2019 Hasbro vs Mattel - The House of Cards \| 3 Sizzlers, Mattel’s new motorized Hot Wheels, were supposed to be the top toy this Christmas. But sales have fizzled, leaving Mattel $30 million below target. For the last ten years, Mattel’s done exceptionally well by its investors, but now the ...
03.25.2019 Hasbro vs Mattel - Boy Toy \| 2 It’s the 1960s and Hasbro is struggling. The pencil manufacturer turned toymaker hasn’t had a major success since Mr. Potato Head hit the shelves in 1952, and it’s starting to lose money. If the company doesn’t act fast, it’ll be ...
03.20.2019 Hasbro vs Mattel - Dream Doll \| 1 It’s the late 1940s and two small toymakers are taking their first uneasy steps. The names of these young hopefuls are Hasbro and Mattel. One’s an offshoot of a pencil manufacturer. The other a husband-and-wife garage start-up. But toy-mayking, they ...
02.25.2019 USFL vs NFL - Risky Business \| 7 Mike Pesca, Slate, joins to talk about the biggest risks facing the NFL, whether the Patriots are good or bad for the league, and what our culture would look like if football never took off as a professional sport in ...

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Introducing The Jordan Harbinger Show

Harley and the Biker Wars - The British Invaders | 1

The Latest from Business Wars Daily | 1

Business Battles - Monster vs Beats by Dre | 1

Introducing Sean Carroll's Mindscape

Cereal Wars-The Most Important Meal | 7

Cereal Wars - Going Soggy | 6

Cereal Wars - Trix of the Trade | 5

Introducing The Pitch

Cereal Wars - Cereal Offenders | 4

Cereal Wars - Sugar Rush | 3

Cereal Wars - Breakfast of Champions | 2

Cereal Wars - A Divine Mission | 1

Gibson vs Fender - The Future of the Electric Guitar | 7

Gibson vs Fender - Attack of the Robot Guitars | 6

Gibson vs Fender - Back From the Brink | 5

Gibson vs Fender - Les Pauls Unleashed | 4

Gibson vs Fender - The Stratocaster Blasts Off | 3

Gibson vs Fender - Loud and Clear | 2

Gibson vs Fender - Les and Leo | 1

Introducing 1865

Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Fighting the Crocodile | 6

Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Surprise Attack Dog | 5

Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Miller Killers | 4

Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - It’s Miller Time! | 3

Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - Swinging for the Majors | 2

Introducing Inside Star Wars

Anheuser-Busch vs Miller - The Beer Barons | 1

Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - What’s Next for Digital Streaming | 9

Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Streamers Everywhere | 8

Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Break the Wheel | 7

Netflix vs Blockbuster Revisited - Binge | 6

Justin Long Gets Personal on "Life is Short" | 1

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