Political Number Cruncher FiveThirtyEight To Be Shuttered Amid Disney Layoffs
The polling platform has been on a downturn since founder Nate Silver left and took his trademark statistical model with him in 2023.
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FiveThirtyEight is shutting down as part of broader cuts at ABC and Disney
Though Nate Silver left in 2023, FiveThirtyEight still offered election forecasts, a presidential approval tracker, and other tools.
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Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight Is Being Scrapped in Disney Layoffs
FiveThirtyEight, the political analysis site created by stats guru Nate Silver, is shutting down, according to a report. Sources told the Wall Street Journal that some 200 staff layoffs are ...
Nate Silver Blames Disney Bosses For 538’s Demise: ‘Could Have Been a Good Business’
Nate Silver blamed the higher-ups at Disney for the business failures of the political data analysis site he founded, ...
Nate Silver sounds off on 538
The data journalism site founded by Nate Silver and sold to Disney in 2013 ... 538 operated several verticals outside its ...