Comparing Revenue for Blockbuster and Netflix, 1998-2016
graph from the Strategy Journey; slow reveal by Lisa Mellecker (@lkmellecker)
(Slide Deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse)
Type of Graph: line graph
Source: Stratability Academy, “Winning the Customer Journey Battle: Netflix vs Blockbuster Case Study.” The Strategy Journey: April 25, 2019. Last updated May 4, 2020.
Paired Texts:
- Sloan, Molly. “Netflix vs Blockbuster — Three Key Takeaways.” Drift: June 1, 2020.
- McCarthy, Erin. “These Kids Cannot Wrap Their Head Around Blockbuster Video.” Mental Floss: August 2, 2016.
- Bailey, Jason. “Is Netflix having its own Blockbuster moment? A variety of unpopular decisions threaten to turn the streaming service into the bad guy it once dethroned.” CNBC: March 30, 2022.
Potential Math Content: line graph, scale along the y-axis, shape of data, meaning of intersection point,
Potential Content Connections: movies, tv, pop culture