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Proud Public Servant

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7. My understanding

Reply to DanTex (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 01:32 PM

Feb 2014

Is that ESPN bought Nate and the Fivethirtyeight brand, but that his new site will do sports, politics, and other data-driven analyses. It'll be more a case of Nate expanding ESPN than ESPN constraining Nate.

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So now that intrade and Nate Silver are gone... [View all] DanTex Feb 2014 OP

Nate's not gone Proud Public Servant Feb 2014 #1

I thought Nate Silver was going to do sports stuff instead of politics. DanTex Feb 2014 #2

NOPE ESPN is his sugar daddy, but... Adrahil Feb 2014 #6

My understanding Proud Public Servant Feb 2014 #7

what happened to Intrade? hlthe2b Feb 2014 #3

I think the CFTC finally got them for being an unregulated derivatives trading exchange. DanTex Feb 2014 #4

So if they made intradecoin, they'd be ok? bananas Feb 2014 #10

LOL. I think the real problem is that they weren't enough of a threat to the global economy. DanTex Feb 2014 #11

Dang it... responded to wrong post. NT Adrahil Feb 2014 #5

"The Fall Of Intrade And The Business Of Betting On Real Life" PoliticAverse Feb 2014 #12

The Iowa Electronic Markets PoliticAverse Feb 2014 #8

Cool, thanks. DanTex Feb 2014 #9