Tag Archives: newspapers

An Analysis of the Accuracy of Forecasts in the Political Media — [PAPER]

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

An Analysis of the Accuracy of Forecasts in the Political Media – PDF file.

Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Forecasting (Science & Practice), Journalism, Prediction Post-Mortem | Tagged columnists, columns, elites, forecasting, forecasts, Journalism, journalists, magazines, Media, news media, newspapers, opinion, opinion makers, politicians, Politics, predicting, Predictions, pundits, US politics | Leave a comment

Will betting legalization save US print journalism?

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Mortimer Zuckerman: There is something that can be done, and the federal government ought to do it: allow sports betting on newspaper Web sites. Michael Masnick agrees.

Posted in Journalism, Politics, Regulations | Tagged Betting, Gambling, Journalism, laws, newspapers, print journalism, Regulations, websites | Leave a comment

How to kill Google’s (alledged) monopoly? = How to steal the collective intelligence fire from Google?

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Let me explain to you my headline. – As you all know, the print newspaper industry is contracting like a melting ice cube planted in the middle of the Sahara. – Many Old World’s thinkers put the blame on Google. … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Internet Usability, Inventions & Innovations, Prediction Journalism, The Internet | Tagged Collective Intelligence, Google, linking, links, newspapers, print newspapers, Search Engines, the economy of linkings, the economy of links | Leave a comment

Barney Kilgore and Nigel Eccles: Same vision, same combat

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

The general manager of ProPublica: Todayâ€™s newspaper should be about tomorrowâ€™s events, not yesterdayâ€™s. This was probably [Barney] Kilgoreâ€™s greatest insight, and it was one he first stated as a columnist in the Journal at the age of 23. Readers, … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Exchanges & Markets, Prediction Journalism | Tagged Barney Kilgore, HubDub, Journalism, Media, newspapers, Nigel Eccles, prediction markets, ProPublica | Leave a comment

Where do you get most of your national and international news?

Posted on December 25, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

“From the Internet” … is in red:

Posted in Prediction Journalism, The Internet | Tagged News, newspapers, PEW poll, The Internet | Leave a comment

“There will be no media consumption left in ten years that is not delivered over an IP network. There will be no newspapers, no magazines that are delivered in paper form. Everything gets delivered in an electronic form.”

Posted on June 6, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Dixit Henry Berg’s boss. -

Posted in Prediction Journalism | Tagged Henry Berg, magazine, Media, media consumption, Microsoft, new media, newspapers, print, publications, Steve Ballmer, Web | Leave a comment

Spot the red line. The future of prediction market journalism is on blogs —not on dead-tree media. (((Well, all dead-tree media have blogs, now.)))

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Prediction Journalism | Tagged dead-tree media, Google, Google Search, Google Trends, Google Web Search, Journalism, magazines, Media, newspapers, Open Media, prediction market journalism | Leave a comment

NEWSPAPERS ARE DOOMED: CraigList is killing BOTH the offline Washington Post AND the online Washington Post.

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Silicon Alley Insider The Internet is dismembering everything in little bits. We’re living in a period of intense changes. -

Posted in Business, Prediction Journalism | Tagged circulation, CraigList, Journalism, newspapers, online revenues, Washington Post | Leave a comment