Nate Silver Leaves ABC, Taking FiveThirtyEight Plans Unclear
- Nate Silver is leaving ABC News as part of Disney's layoffs.
- ABC News will keep the FiveThirtyEight brand and streamline the site.
- The network plans to create a more efficient structure for FiveThirtyEight leading into the 2024 presidential election and beyond.
- Silver warned his team that the layoffs would impact FiveThirtyEight and he is not planning to return after his contract ends.
- Silver cited recent financial hardships and layoffs at ABC as the reason for his departure.