Could ESPN Sell Off FiveThirtyEight?

Last Updated on: January 26th, 2018

Posted By: Craig Smith

fivethirtyeight espnVariety is reporting that ESPN is exploring the possibility of selling or spinning off Fivethirtyeight, the popular analytical website created and edited by statistician Nate Silver.

For those of you that don’t know, Fivethirtyeight was launched by Nate Silver in 2008 to focus on polling and analyzing data relating to politics, sports and other topical verticals. Its name comes from the number of members of the US electoral college (538). Fivethirtyeight was purchased by ESPN in 2013 with Silver staying on as editor.

More details, on the potential sale of Fivethrityeight, including comments from an ESPN spokesperson, can be found here.

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I am founder and editor of DisneyNews.us. My passion for all things Disney goes pretty far back to my first trip to Walt Disney World in the mid-80's. I have since returned to the magical place more than 20 times. I started this site when I came to the realization that I spent a significant portion of my day reading articles about Disney and watching Disney content with my 8-year old, so it made sense that I would start sharing some of what I read and see and building a little community around it. Other interests include 80's nostalgia, vintage toys, video games, LEGO, Star Wars and tech gadgets. Other sites include DMR and VideoGamesStats.com.