FiveThirtyEight, the political and sports forecasting blog of Nate Silver will leave it’s home at ESPN and for ABC, it was announced on Tuesday.
“FiveThirtyEight is leaving ESPN,” Silver tweeted Tuesday. “Our new home is ABC News! We’re super excited to work with @ABC and combine our strengths with theirs as we tackle the 2018 and 2020 elections and other news stories.”
“We have several hires we need to make–mostly in politics as we gear up for 2018/20–so stay tuned for news on those,” he added in follow up tweets. “I really want to thank the 538 staff for their amazing work–and thank ESPN for helping us to build the site into what it is today.