Moneyball

Innovating in the World of Sports Media

Jeff Ma | Posted 11.11.2009 | Sports

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Jeff Ma

After reading Moneyball, I saw parallels between what the A's were doing in baseball and what we had done in the casinos -- this was my big chance to work in sports.

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Michael Lewis Takes On Goldman Sachs In Bloomberg Column

bloomberg.com | Michael Lewis | Posted 08.28.2009 | Business

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July 28 (Bloomberg) -- From the moment I left Yale and started working for Goldman Sachs, I've felt uneasy interacting with those who don't. It's n...

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Aaron Sorkin: 'Moneyball's New Scribe

People | Posted 08.09.2009 | Entertainment

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Jaws dropped last month when Sony Pictures canceled the $50-million Brad Pitt movie Moneyball only days before it was scheduled to start shooting - b...

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Amy Pascal Explains Demise Of Soderbergh & Pitt's 'Moneyball'

Los Angeles Times | Posted 08.01.2009 | Entertainment

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It's never an easy decision when a studio head has to pull the plug on a big movie, as Amy Pascal did last week when she shut down "Moneyball," a $58-...

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Brad Pitt And Steven Soderbergh's 'Moneyball' In Chaos

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 07.23.2009 | Entertainment

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LOS ANGELES — Brad Pitt and Steven Soderbergh's baseball tale "Moneyball" has been benched just days before the start of shooting. Sony pulled ...

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Michael Lewis Attacks Goldman Sachs, Wall St.'s Political Influence (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Ryan MCCarthy | Posted 07.19.2009 | Business

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Michael Lewis, the author of Moneyball and Liar's Poker appeared in front of Hudson Union Society earlier this month. He spoke for about an hour, and ...

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Celebrity Athletes: Could the Marketing Game Be Played Out?

Richard Laermer | Posted 06.12.2009 | Entertainment

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Richard Laermer

Being famous means being memorable, never forget. Big corporations want characters. Buzz is about who talks about whom. That will never change.

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Risking Our Best Talent? Send Them All to Double-A Birmingham!

Peter Schwartz | Posted 12.20.2008 | Business

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Peter Schwartz

Serial entrepreneur Penny Hersher worries about a talent-retention challenge if Wall Street eschews bonuses this year. In response to a Bloomberg arti...

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