Tag Archives: blog network

The managing editor of CNBC.com asks readers whether they should report what the (play-money and real-money) prediction markets say. He is not that hot on the idea —to say the least. Which is why we should develop a blog network on prediction markets —to get rid of the journalists’ filter and report the prediction markets directly to people. Wanna in?

Posted on May 18, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

But the “gambling” nature puts some journalists off. Is it just providing information … or promoting betting action? – See, that‘s exactly why I want to develop my “Midas Oracle Project”. Classic journalists and classic bloggers will never treat prediction … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Midas Oracle Project, Prediction Journalism | Tagged blog network, brand-new blog networks, CNBC.com, event derivative markets, event derivatives, managing editor, market-generated predictions, Midas Oracle Project, prediction market journalism, prediction markets, probabilistic predictions, reporting on prediction markets | 1 Comment

The Most Surprising Piece Of News I’ve Heard Today

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Nick Denton of Gawker Meida (the world’s #1 blog network) has sold out its political blog, Wonkette, for a bunch of figs —he gave it away.. almost for nothing. Wonkette logged 5.8 million pageviews in March 2008, if you can … Continue reading →

Posted in Prediction Journalism | Tagged blog network, Gawker Media, Nick Denton, prediction market journalism, Wonkette | Leave a comment

73% of journalists [*] sometimes or always use blogs in their research.

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

[*] = newspaper, magazine, TV, radio, and web journalists Editors & Publishers Via Henry Blodget (who is hilarious, as always) – Implications for the field of prediction markets (InTrade-TradeFair, BetFair-TradeFair, Betdaq, HSX, NewsFutures, Inkling Markets, etc.): The P.R. arm of … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Prediction Journalism | Tagged blog network, Blogosphere, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Henry Blodget, Internet, journalists, media kit, Open Media, prediction markets, rumors, Web, web journalists | Leave a comment

TechCrunch is 221 times bigger than Midas Oracle.

Posted on March 1, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

TAKEAWAY: We’re smaller, indeed, but we’re not ridiculous at all —startup stories naturally attract a bigger audience than prediction market stories. And I have a grand plan to develop this blog and the two other blogs —I’ll tell you later. … Continue reading →

Posted in Midas Oracle Statistics | Tagged blog network, Google, Midas Oracle, stats, stats tools, TechCrunch | Leave a comment

Midas Oracle is the most popular blog network covering the prediction markets and the prediction market industry (and that includes BetFair-TradeFair, TradeSports-InTrade, Google, Consensus Point, Justin Wolfers, Robin Hanson, and the rest of the pack).

Posted on February 2, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Google Analytics web stats for January 2008:

More on the Midas Oracle web stats. --- Here is the web stats report of my web server of January 2008 (Analog.cx): Successful requests: 1,282,515 Average successful requests per day: 41,382 Successful requests for pages: 415,557 Average successful requests for pages per day: 13,408 Failed requests: 1,252 Redirected requests: 9,537 Distinct files requested: 23,436 Distinct hosts served: 26,547 Data transferred: 13.16 gigabytes Average data transferred per day: 434.81 megabytes --- For your information, the blog census since inception:
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