Netflix picked up its first scalp today, driving Wal-Mart from the movie rental business and absorbing all their customers. Long-time readers will know my feeling on Wal-Mart, and thus can imagine the many tears I shed for them on this hardest of all days.

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.