Don Lemon. Tucker Carlson Nate Silver. Who’s next?
The media red wedding continues as Disney cuts odds-maker Nate Silver from ABC News; the company is expected to keep Silver’s brand FiveThirtyEight and streamline it.
“ABC News remains dedicated to data journalism with a core focus on politics, the economy and enterprise reporting — this streamlined structure will allow us to be more closely aligned with our priorities for the 2024 election and beyond,” an ABC News spokesperson said in a statement. “We are grateful for the invaluable contributions of the team members who will be departing the organization and know they will continue to make an important impact on the future of journalism.”
From The Hollywood Reporter:
In his Slack message, Silver wrote that “Unfortunately the day we’ve been worried about has arrived.
“We don’t yet know the scope of these layoffs, exactly who is impacted, or the terms under which they are departing, but it is going to be a hard day for all of us,” he added.
Silver founded FiveThirtyEight in 2008, eventually bringing it to The New York Times. Silver would go on to sell the site to Disney’s ESPN; it later was moved to the ABC News division. His departure will be the first time that Silver has not been involved in the site since it launched 15 years ago.
More over at THR:
Nate Silver Out at ABC News as Disney Layoffs Once Again Hit News Division https://t.co/T9FzGQMSTR
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) April 25, 2023
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