Tag Archives: Henry Blodget

InTrade is not predictive, says notable financial journalist. — [SCREENSHOT]

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Chris F. Masse

For info, here’s the Midas Oracle feed at Twitter. I publish there plenty of prediction market news that don’t appear on this blog.

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Meta), Exchanges & Markets, Forecasting (Science & Practice) | Tagged betting markets, event derivative markets, event derivatives, event futures, events, forecasting, forecasts, futures, Henry Blodget, InTrade, predicting, prediction markets, Predictions | 1 Comment

The redesign of the Gawker Media sites

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Their focus is not on generating pageviews but on attracting (and retaining, I guess) new readers. – http://gawker.com/ – http://beta.gawker.com/ – Nick Denton interviewed by Henry Blodget @ Ignition – Felix Salmon on Gawker Media

Posted in Business, Business & Economic Models, Internet Strategy, Journalism | Tagged audience, Business, Gawker, Gawker Media, Henry Blodget, Ignition, Internet sites, Journalism, journalists, Media, media organizations, news media, news sites, Nick Denton, The Internet, web sites, websites, world-wide web | Leave a comment

Prediction market journalism becomes mainstream.

Posted on September 27, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

A good enough (although atrociously elliptic) implementation is provided by Wall Street wiz (and ex convict) Henry Blodget. Many modules are missing, but it’s good enough. Henry Blodget made an effort on data visualization —something Justin Wolfers never did.

Posted in Analysis (Data), Exchanges & Markets, Market Liquidity, Market Prices & Probabilities, Prediction Journalism | Tagged Henry Blodget, Justin Wolfers, prediction market journalism, prediction markets | Leave a comment

When Chris Masse (with typo) pinches Henry Blodget’s nose

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

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HubDub’s Nigel Eccles pinches Henry Blodget’s nose (like trumpetist Miles Davies did for one of his musicians, on stage, one day), and the damn result of that, believe or not, is that the valuation of The Sporting Exchange (BetFair-TradeFair) drops from $5 billion to $3 billion. So, either Nigel should be celebrated for telling the truth, or his ass should be kicked for ruining the party.

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Nigel Eccles: How did you forget yadda yadda yadda. [ Hilarious. ] Nice list, roughly makes sense but lots to disagree with (as you would expect). However one clear mistake is BetFair. They should be valued at $3 billion. They … Continue reading →

Posted in Betting, Business, Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Gambling | Tagged Australia, bet exchanges, BetFair, Betting, betting exchanges, China, European Union, Gambling, GBP, Henry Blodget, Internet gambling, Miles Davies, Nigel Eccles, online gambling, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, qu'ran-ic law, SAI25, stock, The Sporting Exchange, TradeFair, UK-based financial trader, United Kingdom, United States, USD, valuation | 4 Comments

PREDICTION MARKETS HAVE ARRIVED: The Sporting Exchange (BetFair-TradeFair) ranks #4 in the Silicon Alley Insider’s list of the top 25 digital startups, and is valued at 5 billion US dollars. (Yes, billions.)

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

SAI 25 Live Methodology Current listing Blog post SAI 25: THE BETFAIR PAGE Estimated Value: $5 billion Business: World’s largest Internet betting exchange where users can gamble on everything from horseracing to tennis matches. Location: London, United Kingdom More Info: … Continue reading →

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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 Midas Oracle (and not TV news shows or print newspapers) will dominate the future.

Posted on March 1, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Henry Blodget: We still occasionally encounter people who argue that physical newspapers and TV news shows have a vital roll to play in the dissemination of news. These folks usually work for physical newspapers and TV networks, of course. [...] … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Prediction Journalism | Tagged Henry Blodget, Journalism, Midas Oracle, News, Open Media, The Internet, the Web | Leave a comment

WILL THE WALL STREET JOURNAL KILL MIDAS ORACLE?

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Via Felix Salmon, via Henry Blodget, Reuters: Murdoch said he expected to expand digital editions of the Wall Street Journal worldwide and launch new “vertical” sites around specific sectors of interest. He did not elaborate. If Rupert Murdoch targets the … Continue reading →

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