Netflix will send out its last red envelope on Friday, marking an end to 25 years of mailing DVDs to members. The company announced earlier this year it is shutting down its DVD-by-mail service, 16 ...

Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by lilkar/iStock/Getty Images Plus and Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. The vast majority of Netflix’s subscribers won’t even notice the change. But Ryan Godfrey will.

The last red envelope has been sent. Netflix’s DVD-by-mail service has officially gone the way of Betamax and Blockbuster. On Friday, Netflix shut down the subscription model that launched the company ...

The curtain is finally coming down on Netflix's once-iconic DVD-by-mail service, a quarter century after two Silicon Valley entrepreneurs came up with a concept that obliterated Blockbuster video ...

“Today, after 25 years, we ship our last DVD,” Netflix’s co-CEO said on his accounts. “It was a huge honor to join the incredible DVD team in Fremont this week to thank them for being a part of ...