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Posted by Admin on September 23, 2009, 9:09 am

Netflix Listenomics Contest Awards $1 Million

The New York Times

A highly publicized contest to come up with a better program than Cinematch, the Netflix service that picks out new movies you\'ll like, has finally paid off for one group of entrants. BellKor’s Pragmatic Chaos, an international team, won $1 million for their new program, which proved itself to be at least ten percent better than Cinematch at predicting customer preferences.

Posted by Admin on August 28, 2009, 11:51 am

New Term for 2008 Newspaper Industry Collapse: The Good Old Days

Associated Press

The industry was down 29% in the second quarter -- from a distrastrous second quarter a year ago.

Posted by Admin on August 28, 2009, 11:33 am

WPP\'s Profitability Freefall

Advertising Age

Martin Sorrell expresses "surprise" at plummeting profits. He\'s either lying or stupid. Which means he\'s lying.

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