Links for 2010-04-02
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"… there is one compensating advantage for the people who escape the old system: when the ecosystem stops rewarding complexity, it is the people who figure out how to work simply in the present, rather than the people who mastered the complexities of the past, who get to say what happens in the future." (The Vision 20/20 group should invite Clay Shirky to speak.)
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On ESPN's expansion into local markets: "… here's maybe the most important reason not to underestimate ESPN's city sites: Consumers just can't get enough of the brand. ESPN's ironic sensibility has supplanted the ire of the jaded ink-stained wretch." Newest local, ESPN NY, launched today. Like other city sites, focus is on major teams, hign school sports. What's missing? Racing, of course, despite New York being one of the largest markets in the game (this is a niche local papers can continue to dominate).
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Interesting reading. Proposes 30 days of international racing in US, a multi-jurisdictional racing association, compliance with IFHA rules (PDF).
Hello!
Congratulations to Dana and Adam on the launch of Hello Race Fans, a new kind of fan education site for racing. I’m a contributor, but even if I weren’t, I’d recommend checking out the Letter to a New Horseplayer collection (featuring several top turf writers and bloggers) or the first edition of the HRF Index.
Links for 2010-03-30
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"Crist's contention the World Cup outcome was a 'crapshoot' is ludicrous on its face. The top three finishers in the race had been separated by one and one-quarter lengths in the primary prep for the race, the March 4 Maktoum Challenge, over the same Meydan course at the same distance as the World Cup. Fourth-place finisher Gio Ponti was about one and one-quarter lengths behind the World Cup winner, a similar margin to his one length loss to Zenyatta in the Breeders' Cup Classic."
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"To have racing cease at what remains the most important racing circuit in North America seems unimaginable, but it's not. In New York, where the politicians are beyond contempt and the off-track betting system is a bad joke, it can happen. What a shame."
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"What’s most exciting is that this fundamental transformation — cloud + social + iPad — will inspire a new generation of wildly innovative new apps that will change entire industries."
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