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Political data site FiveThirtyEight being shuttered amid sweeping ABC News layoffs
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Mar 05, 2025 05:58pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, March 5, 2025 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | FiveThirtyEight, the influential political data site first launched by stats guru Nate Silver in 2008, is being shut down amid sweeping layoffs being enacted by Disney across ABC News and Disney Entertainment Networks, a source familiar with the matter told The Independent.
The job cuts, which were announced to staff on Wednesday, will impact roughly 200 employees and represent about six percent of the total workforce across ABC News Group and Disney Entertainment Networks. The majority of the layoffs are at ABC News, with most impacted employees based in New York.
Representatives for ABC News and Disney declined to comment. The Wall Street Journal and Status News first reported on the looming layoffs. |
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 D:6086 | Jason (13430.6523 points)
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Wed, March 5, 2025 11:59:07 PM UTC0:00
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Would call it an end of an era, but in truth 538 has been a drained husk for years now. This is a mercy killing.
Would call it an end of an era, but in truth 538 has been a drained husk for years now. This is a mercy killing.
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| WFP:11714 | BigZuck08 ( 1151.8744 points)
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Thu, March 6, 2025 10:03:19 AM UTC0:00
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We're better anyway....
We're better anyway....
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 LSAP:10973 | Patrick ( 6.5582 points)
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Thu, March 6, 2025 04:27:28 PM UTC0:00
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That's a shame Jerry Seinfeld.gif
That's a shame Jerry Seinfeld.gif
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We did it boys. We won. We won the war none of us knew we were fighting.
Breakfast is on me, Mcmuffins all around.
We did it boys. We won. We won the war none of us knew we were fighting.
Breakfast is on me, Mcmuffins all around.
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| I:11727 | LSjustbloggin ( 99.8770 points)
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Fri, March 7, 2025 07:24:31 PM UTC0:00
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We bloggers are better than them.
We bloggers are better than them.
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| LSAP:10973 | Patrick ( 6.5582 points)
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Sat, March 8, 2025 12:25:58 AM UTC0:00
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You are not, but yes we are.
You are not, but yes we are.
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