http://bostonist.com/2008/09/19/cinemasmith_sale.php All comments for Cinemasmith Sale! en-us 2009 rickbang Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:29:29 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss rick@bostonist.com rick@bostonist.com 60 http://bostonist.com/2008/09/19/cinemasmith_sale.php#comment-1466423 http://bostonist.com/2008/09/19/cinemasmith_sale.php#comment-1466423 Comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:37:16 -0500 <p>As I understand the use of "cannibalized" in a business context, it means that the "eaten" component and the "eater" are owned by the same parent company. Starbucks A three doors down from Starbucks B is Starbucks cannibalizing; two newly merged book imprints competing for the same adoptions is cannibalizing the textbook market of the parent co.; but one business going under because another business provides the same product in a different manner isn't quite cannibalism. I could be wrong, but I think cannibalising the market has a different denotation than as used here, if what you do mean is "Netflix PWND Cinemasmith," which is what I thought you meant.</p> http://bostonist.com/2008/09/19/cinemasmith_sale.php#comment-1466405 http://bostonist.com/2008/09/19/cinemasmith_sale.php#comment-1466405 Comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:24:01 -0500 <p>It was cannibalized by Netflix.</p>