Tag Archives: USA TODAY

The John Edwards Non-Affair: How on Earth did they get this photo, what does this photo prove, and which prediction markets should we trade on to profit from this alledged scandal?

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- – Will CNN report on the John Edwards/mistress/baby rumors? | Hubdub – Will a supposed affair between John Edwards and Rielle Hunter be confirmed? | Hubdub – UPDATE: The Charlotte Observer UPDATE: National Review UPDATE: Google’s cached webpages of … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Politics | Tagged ABC, ABC News, Associated Press, CBS News, Charlotte Observer, Cleveland, CNN, Daily Mail, Dallas Morning News, Elisabeth Edwards, Fred Baron, Google, John Edwards, LA Times, Lisa Druck, National Enquirer, National Review, New York Times, NewsWeek, Rielle Hunter, Robert Scoble, UPI, USA TODAY | 4 Comments

How to optimize your prediction market blog (e.g., Midas Oracle, Caveat Bettor) or prediction exchange website (e.g., InTrade, TradeSports, BetFair, NewsFutures, HubDub) for Google Web Search —and all the other search engines out there.

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Interview of Google’s Matt Cutts by USA Today. The basic SEO tips. -

Posted in Information Technology | Tagged blog, Google, Google Search, Google Web Search, Matt Cutts, Search Engine Optimization, Search Engines, SEO, site, USA TODAY, video, Web search, website | Leave a comment

Why would the young, smart, computer-savvy readers buy a newspaper when they can get the same information online for free?

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

… is The Question Of The Day. — Walter E. Hussman Jr. (publisher of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette): [...] The Wall Street Journal Online now has 931,000 paying subscribers, more than the paying subscribers to all but three U.S. newspapers: USA … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, The Internet | Tagged Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal Online, United States, USA TODAY, Walter E. Hussman Jr., Web site policy | 1 Comment

Legalised gambling spreads out across Asia.

Posted on May 5, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Via betting market expert Niall O’Connor, USA Today: Asia will be the world’s fastest-growing casino market through 2010, according to estimates by consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers [...] Consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts that revenue from casinos and other regulated gambling activities in Asia … Continue reading →

Posted in Betting, Gambling, Regulations | Tagged Asia, David Green, director of the gaming practice, director of the gaming practice at Macau office, Macau, Niall O'Connor, PricewaterhouseCoopers, USA TODAY | Leave a comment

The new fad = Media/Publishers + Prediction Exchanges

Posted on April 2, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

- ABC7 San Francisco + Inkling Markets – Chicago New-Times + Inkling Markets – S&S + XX – Financial Times + InTrade – See: FT Predict = play-money InTrade by the Financial Times – UPDATE: IS REUTERS PARTNERING WITH TRADESPORTS?? … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), X Groups | Tagged Alex Kirtland, BetFair, Financial Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, prediction markets, San Francisco, the Financial Times, USA TODAY, Yahoo! U.K. | 4 Comments

NewsFutures Timeline

Posted on March 14, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

About the NewsFutures history: – Company founded in March 2000. – French prediction market “la bourse de l’info” launched in September 2000. – Hungarian version “HirbÃ¶rze” launched in April 2001 (first integration of a prediction exchange in a news media) … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, History | Tagged Chris Hibbert, Davos, De Volkskrant, MIT, news media, prediction markets, United States, USA TODAY, World Economic Forum | 1 Comment

USA TODAY goes Web 2.0. — THE DEBACLE

Posted on March 6, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

314 comments from the USA TODAY readers. ALL OF THEM saying that the new website is ugly and not usable. Previous: USA TODAY goes Web 2.0.

Posted in Information Technology, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce | Tagged USA TODAY | Leave a comment

USA TODAY goes Web 2.0.

Posted on March 5, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

From the editors of USA TODAY: We have redesigned USATODAY.com, but more important, we are expanding our editorial mission. Read more, then check out our new features. [...] With the new features we’ve introduced on the site, readers will have … Continue reading →

Posted in Collective Intelligence - Wisdom Of Crowds, Resources - References | Tagged USA TODAY | 1 Comment