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There's trouble brewing at Redbox: President Mitch Lowe has announced his resignation, and parent company Coinstar revised its second-quarter revenue outlook downward last week. Here are some key signs consumers and investors should watch to see if the Redbox business model (i.e. kiosk rental machines) is obsolete.

Whether he's the household Mr. Fix It or the mower of lawns, Dad works just as hard at home as he does at his job. So how can you honor that thrower of baseballs and teacher of financial wisdom on Father's Day without breaking the bank? To answer that question, WalletPop turned to a child. "If...

Family movie night in our house is Friday, but we may make it Thursday this week -- if I'm willing to shamelessly give up one of my precious Facebook "likes" to Redbox. And you can do it yourself -- "like" the Redbox Facebook page -- to get a special promotional code good for a free movie one day...

Find out the most economical way to rent movies with this comparison of Netflix versus Redbox.

Grab a free movie rental from Redbox when you reserve a movie online. After you pay for and pick up your movie, you'll get a coupon code for a free rental. So really this is a buy one, get one free coupon. The cool thing about reserving a movie online is that you know exactly what you are going to...

Blockbuster should liquidate instead of reorganize under new ownership because the video-rental store chain lacks the necessary cash to continue operations after a proposed sale is completed, Home Media Magazine reported, citing a division of the U.S. Justice Department.

Walt Disney is increasing the wholesale prices it charges for DVDs to movies-by-mail leader Netflix and movie-rental kiosk operator Redbox. Disney is looking to benefit further from being the only major studio to sell DVDs to the companies for rental the day they go on sale to the public.

Bankrupt video-rental company Blockbuster may put itself up for sale as early as next week, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The company had previously planned to reorganize, but creditors couldn't agree on a plan to restructure its debt.

Send free Redbox DVD rental coupons to friends via an electronic Valentine's Day card on the Redbox Facebook fan page. Each card you send has a free rental coupon for a $1, one-night movie rental, or $1 toward a Blu-ray rental, which usually cost $1.50. The coupon is valid on Feb. 14, 2011,...

Netflix, whose DVD-by-mail service hastened the demise of several video rental chains, may soon find itself under siege from Amazon. The world's largest online retailer appears to be on the verge of launching its own unlimited movie and TV-show streaming service.