Famed statistics guru Nate Silver and his website FiveThirtyEight are on the “chopping block,” Confider has learned, as ABC News looks to cut costs.
A decision on the future of the famed politics, economics, and sports analysis website is set to be made by the summer when Silver’s contract is up, multiple people with knowledge of the situation told us.
The oft-combative Silver, who has come under renewed scrutiny for his site’s polling selections, now faces an uncertain future as news division boss Kim Godwin reviews the publication, which has never turned a profit.
A Twitter poll.
Do I still pay for cable TV?
I cancelled many years ago when Shaw Cable gave their CEO a $100 million bonus.
So no CNN, no CBC. etc.
Didn’t realize that fivethirtyeight had been bought by the “Main Stream Media”. That rather taints the reports. It is not surprising that it isn’t a money maker. “Propaganda” sells, not data.