The (New York) Times to Host Political Polling Site FiveThirtyEight

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Source: New York Times

The New York Times said Thursday that it would begin hosting the popular blog FiveThirtyEight and make its founder, Nate Silver, a regular contributor to the newspaper and the Sunday magazine.

Mr. Silver, a statistical wizard, became a media star during the last presidential election season for his political projections based on dissections of polling data. He retains all rights to FiveThirtyEight and will continue to run it himself, but “under the banner and auspices of NYTimes.com,” The Times said in a news release.

The arrangement is similar to one The Times struck with the authors of the blog Freakonomics in 2007. The Freakonomics blog appears in the Opinion section of NYTimes.com. FiveThirtyEight content will be incorporated in the politics section of NYTimes.com.

Along with his contributions to the newspaper and The Times Magazine, Mr. Silver will also work with the journalists and software developers who create interactive graphics for NYTimes.com.

Read more: http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/the-new-york-times-to-host-political-polling-site-fivethirtyeight/

[w4rma]

1. Smart. (nt)

[hlthe2b]

2. Good for Nate, but does this mean it will be subject to subscription?

(when they move to their renewed pay paradigm?)

[No Elephants]

3. Congrats, Nate!

[pinto]

4. Good move. Congrats Nate Silver and all of FiveThirtyEight!

Excellent group.

:thumbsup:

:thumbsup:

[mikelgb]

5. Good new for him, hopefully it is good news for fans too