[PAR] [TLE] Nate Silver [SEP] Nathaniel Read Silver (born January 13, 1978) is an American statistician and writer who analyzes baseball (see sabermetrics) and elections (see psephology).  He is the editor-in-chief of ESPN's "FiveThirtyEight" and a Special Correspondent for ABC News.  Silver first gained public recognition for developing PECOTA, a system for forecasting the performance and career development of Major League Baseball players, which he sold to and then managed for Baseball Prospectus from 2003 to 2009. [PAR] [TLE] FiveThirtyEight [SEP] FiveThirtyEight, sometimes referred to as 538, is a website that focuses on opinion poll analysis, politics, economics, and sports blogging.  The website, which takes its name from the number of electors in the United States electoral college, was founded on March 7, 2008, as a polling aggregation website with a blog created by analyst Nate Silver.  In August 2010, the blog became a licensed feature of "The New York Times" online.  It was renamed FiveThirtyEight: Nate Silver's Political Calculus.  In July 2013, ESPN announced that it would become the owner of the FiveThirtyEight brand and site, and Silver was appointed as editor-in-chief.  The ESPN-owned FiveThirtyEight began publication on March 17, 2014.  In the ESPN era, the FiveThirtyEight blog has covered a broad spectrum of subjects including politics, sports, science, economics, and popular culture.
[PAR] [TLE] Nate Silver [ SEP ] Nathaniel Read Silver ( born January 13 , 1978 ) is an American statistician and writer who analyzes baseball ( see sabermetrics ) and elections ( see psephology ) . He is the editor - in - chief of ESPN 's " FiveThirtyEight " and a Special Correspondent for ABC News . Silver first gained public recognition for developing PECOTA , a system for forecasting the performance and career development of Major League Baseball players , which he sold to and then managed for Baseball Prospectus from 2003 to 2009 . [PAR] [TLE] FiveThirtyEight [ SEP ] FiveThirtyEight , sometimes referred to as 538 , is a website that focuses on opinion poll analysis , politics , economics , and sports blogging . The website , which takes its name from the number of electors in the United States electoral college , was founded on March 7 , 2008 , as a polling aggregation website with a blog created by analyst Nate Silver . In August 2010 , the blog became a licensed feature of " The New York Times " online . It was renamed FiveThirtyEight : Nate Silver 's Political Calculus . In July 2013 , ESPN announced that it would become the owner of the FiveThirtyEight brand and site , and Silver was appointed as editor - in - chief . The ESPN - owned FiveThirtyEight began publication on March 17 , 2014 . In the ESPN era , the FiveThirtyEight blog has covered a broad spectrum of subjects including politics , sports , science , economics , and popular culture .
FiveThirtyEight was founded by the statistician who is a Special Correspondent for what news station?
FiveThirtyEight was founded by the statistician who is a Special Correspondent for what news station ?
ABC News
ABC News