Tag Archives: Blogosphere

Few people write up blog posts, but many read them (“scan-read” them, more exactly). That’s true for both Midas Oracle and the Blogosphere as a whole.

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Prediction Journalism, The Internet | Tagged bloggers, blogging, Blogosphere, Forrester, Internet, Open Media, participation, social media, Web, world-wide web | Leave a comment

WORLD-WIDE WEB EXCLUSIVE (PLEASE, DO CREDIT “MIDAS ORACLE” FOR THE SCOOP): Here’s what Nigel Eccles drinks when he works on the HubDub mission statement.

Posted on July 26, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- Nigel Eccles: Quoting HubDub forecasts in news stories about future events will be as common as quoting stock prices in financial stories is today or (in the UK) quoting betting odds for political elections. – In my view, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Humor, Prediction Journalism | Tagged bloggers, Blogosphere, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Hollywood Stock Exchange, HubDub, HubDub mission, Humor, journalists, Max Keiser, Media, Mediasphere, Nigel Eccles, Open Media, play-money prediction markets, prediction market journalism, prediction market prices, prediction markets, strategy, television, TV, United Kingdom, WEB EXCLUSIVE | 2 Comments

Nigel Eccles’ flawed “vision” about HubDub shows that he hasn’t any.

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

[IMPORTANT NOTE: This present post is critical of one point expressed by Nigel Eccles, but, overall, I like this Scottish guy, and I enjoy HubDub's prediction markets a lot.] – Nigel Eccles: Quoting HubDub forecasts in news stories about future … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Exchanges & Markets, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Prediction Journalism | Tagged America, Asia, author, bloggers, Blogosphere, Emile Servan-Schreiber, entrepreneur, Europe, event derivative markets, event derivatives, gifted exchange executive, HubDub, Internet Usability, journalists, Justin Wolfers, Maurice Balick, Media, Mediasphere, NewsFutures, Nigel Eccles, Nigel Eccles' mission, Open Media, play-money prediction markets, prediction market journalism, prediction market prices, prediction markets, strategy, United Kingdom | 5 Comments

How should prediction market firms (e.g., InTrade-TradeSports, BetFair-TradeFair) deal with Blogosphere’s criticism?

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

I have just spent 20 minutes reading the comments on that post. (The post itself is to be forgotten; all the comments are outstanding, though.) Insightful thoughts about Internet marketing. Required reading for Mark Davies, John Delaney, Emile Servan-Schreiber, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Prediction Journalism | Tagged Blogosphere, criticism, Emile Servan-Schreiber, Internet Marketing, John Delaney, Mark Davies, prediction markets | Leave a comment

Great Links That Have Nothing To Do With Prediction Markets

Posted on April 16, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

1. A critical roundup of the blogging right-wing nuts. HILARIOUS. 2. Spot the giant machinery in picture #1. IMPRESSIVE.

Posted in Humor, Miscellaneous | Tagged Australia, bloggers, Blogosphere, coal, energy, giant machinery, Humor, links, oil, right-wing bloggers | Leave a comment

Google is THE problem, but BetFair should discover the solution.

Posted on March 30, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Here’s why. Take a look at the following Google search results: – - PROBLEM #1: GOOGLE LINKS PROMINENTLY TO THE POST THAT PUBLICIZED THE RUMOR. SOLUTION: Updating that post with the link to the post that debunks that rumor. RISK: … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Prediction Journalism | Tagged BetFair, blogging, Blogosphere, Google, Mark Davies, Open Media, prediction markets, search results, spin doctor, The Guardian | 5 Comments

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

Why the 3 Midas Oracle blogs, the InTrade-TradeSports blog, the BetFair-TradeFair blog, the Betdaq blog, the Iowa Electronic Markets blog, the Hollywood Stock Exchange blog, the NewsFutures blog, the Freakonomics blog, the Odd Head blog, the Alpha Thesis blog, the Caveat Bettor blog, etc., should all be part of a giant, inter-linked, meta conversation about prediction markets.

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

[I]n the blogosphere, [] competition is a good thing, not a bad thing. I want other finance blogs to launch, the more the better. And I want them to be written by keener minds than mine. The more that happens, … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Prediction Journalism, The Internet | Tagged ABC, blogging, Blogosphere, conversation, David Perry, Felix Salmon, Finance, Hollywood Stock Exchange, NBC, Odd Head, Open Media, prediction markets | 1 Comment