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Should the Hollywood Stock Exchange become a real-money betting exchange?

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Via Max Keiser, Trader Daily ($$$): Hollywood Ending – Trader Daily – October 4, 2007 – by Robert LaFranco A decade ago, a Wall Street trader and an L.A. dealmaker united to remake the movie industry in the image of … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Exchanges & Markets, History, Inventions & Innovations | Tagged Academy Award, advertising vehicle, Alec Baldwin, Andrew Merkatz, Andy Kaplan, Andy Wing, Barney, betting exchanges, betting markets, Cambridge Technology Ventures, Cantor, Cantor Exchange, Cantor spokesman, CEO, Citigroup, consumer portal, CountryRoad Capital, Dallas Mavericks, Eddie Murphy, event derivative exchanges, event derivative markets, exchange software, executive, former finance whiz kids, former stockbroker, Harvard Business School, Herb Ritts Gallery, Hollywood Stock Exchange, investment banker, Judd Apatow, Keystone Venture Capital, L.A., Lions Gate, London, Los Angeles, Mark Cuban, MarketCast, Max Keiser, media projects, merchant banking, Michael Burns, Michael Milken, Moby, movie business, movies, NBC, news network, Nielsen National Research Group, online futures markets, online prediction market, online sideshow, Online Testing Exchange, OSCAR, Paris, Paul Galbraith, Predict-It CEO, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, predictive products, prime real estate, Prudential Securities, public relations, Robert Evans, Robert LaFranco, Ron Jeremy, S&P 500, Scandinavian Broadcast Service, Sony, spokesman, sports-spread betting program, stockbroker, studio accounting practices, Sundance Film Festival, television executive, The Howard Stern Show, Tinseltown, Todd Wagner, top television executive, Trader, United Kingdom, United States, USD, VIP lounge of Hollywood, virtual banking system, Virtual Specialist, Wall Street, Wall Street trader, web traffic | 9 Comments

Should a betting exchange be a content provider, too?

Posted on October 2, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Should BetFair have acquired TimeForm (the publisher of horseracing ratings, form guides and analysis)? Niall O’Connor (a betting market expert) thinks that there is a “strategic mismatch” between the two. I’m republishing his hatchet job, below. (I hope he won’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Exchanges & Markets, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Prediction Journalism | Tagged BetFair, credible and popular media, GBP, horse racing, horse racing services, media projects, Niall O'Connor, Portway Press Limited, prediction markets, Should BetFair, TimeForm | Leave a comment

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Should the Hollywood Stock Exchange become a real-money betting exchange?

Should a betting exchange be a content provider, too?

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