NotTV: Speculating on movie success

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Bob in Jersey

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Mar 11, 2010, 3:15:53 PM3/11/10
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The well-known investment bank that acquired the phony-money Hollywood
Stock Exchange will shortly launch an online real-bucks futures market
where anyone can play the box-office odds on the upcoming release(s)
of their choice... there are built-in rules to prevent conflicts of
interest, and as you might imagine, TVWeek (who referred me to this)
thinks the idea could be stretched to telly projects as well...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/business/media/11futures.html?adxnnl=1&ref=business&adxnnlx=1268316843-GJEQKoEPGYdKI4DGG2xylA

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JW

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Mar 12, 2010, 4:58:01 AM3/12/10
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> The well-known investment bank that acquired the phony-money Hollywood
> Stock Exchange will shortly launch an online real-bucks futures market
> where anyone can play the box-office odds on the upcoming release(s)
> of their choice... there are built-in rules to prevent conflicts of
> interest, and as you might imagine, TVWeek (who referred me to this)
> thinks the idea could be stretched to telly projects as well...

Sigh. I can't wait until we get to bail Cantor Fitzgerald out for this.

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