Coinstar investing $20 million in Redbox

November 17, 2005

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Coinstar, known for its green coin-counting machines, is investing $20 million in Redbox Automated Retail, which has about 800 self-service DVD kiosks in McDonald's restaurants and supermarkets. The company is trying to become the category manager of the "4th Wall," its trademarked term for the space in grocery stores between the cash register and the door.