The New York Times To Host Political Polling Site FiveThirtyEight

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The New York Times To Host Political Polling Site FiveThirtyEight
By BRIAN STELTER

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 bonafide 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 Sunday magazine, Mr. Silver will also work with the journalists and software developers who create interactive graphics for NYTimes.com.

“Nate won considerable recognition during the 2008 presidential campaign for his timely and prescient reports on the electoral races and on public opinion,” Bill Keller, the executive editor of The Times, said in a statement. “We look forward to his unique perspectives on statistics, covering a wide swath of issues relating to politics, culture and sports.”

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FiveThirtyEight to Partner with New York Times
by Nate Silver @ 11:00 AM

Some exciting news this morning: We have reached agreement in principle to incorporate FiveThirtyEight's content into NYTimes.com.

In the near future, the blog will "re-launch" under a NYTimes.com domain. It will retain its own identity (akin to other Times blogs like DealBook), but will be organized under the News-Politics section. Once this occurs, content will no longer be posted at FiveThirtyEight.com on an ongoing basis, and the blog will re-direct to the new URL. In addition, I will be contributing content to the print edition of the New York Times, and to the Sunday Magazine. The partnership agreement, which is structured as a license, has a term of three years.

There are two particular reasons why we felt the Times was the best home for FiveThirtyEight. On the one hand, I very much see what we are doing as a type of journalism, in the sense that it consists of doing original research on a timely basis to help inform the public discourse. Thus, the Times' unflinching commitment to quality journalism makes for a natural fit, and I expect that the relationship will evolve in exciting ways as FiveThirtyEight is incorporated into a "traditional" newsroom setting. On the other hand, the terrific work of their graphic and interactive journalists was a major draw. The new blog should look and feel great, and should be substantially more robust and feature-rich than the simple, one-page design that we have now.

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[asphalt.jungle]

1. moving on up

congrats to nate the great.

[BootinUp]

2. wow, congrats to Nate and crew. nt

[DrToast]

3. Wow. Well deserved, Nate.*

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[jaxx]

4. Good for Nate.

He's a hard worker and one smart guy.

[Arkana]

5. Dammit.

Now they can force him to report information the way they want it.

And the NYTimes is anything but a liberal paper anymore.

[BootinUp]

7. I sincerely doubt it works that way.

As for the NYT, its still the best major paper/news org in the MSM. Not to say they haven't totally screwed the pooch more than once in recent years and have been used by the Bushies to spread falsehoods. You can't be a major news source if you are only left or right you are then a left or right news source.

[DrToast]

10. Read Nate's write up on it. He's going to retain control of it

NYTimes is just going to be hosting the site.

[Arkana]

12. Well, that makes me feel better, but still--Nate's got to be sure that the NYTimes

doesn't try to control his polling information because they don't like the way it looks.

[jenmito]

6. Good for Nate AND for US, especially if they expose pollsters who rig their polling/methods

like Rasmussen (if they print his articles on such subjects).

[cliffordu]

8. I wonder what the odds are that nate goes under the bus....

[nyc 4 Biden]

9. i love 538 but...

"Thus, the Times' unflinching commitment to quality journalism"

has Nate read the NYT lately?

I wish 538 the best of luck and hope they rub off on the NYT not the other way around.

[Cha]

16. Definetly bears watching which we would do anyway. nt

[Jim Lane]

11. People are congratulating Nate Silver. My reaction is to congratulate the New York Times. (n/t)

[tekisui]

13. knr, Nate is the bomb.

[yodermon]

14. "Keep your friend close..." eh, NYT?

[Cha]

15. Wow! Nate's Cool!

B-)