Nate Silveris departingABC Newsas the news division continues a round oflayoffsthat began last month.
TheFiveThirtyEightfounder wrote on Twitter: Disneylayoffs have substantially impacted FiveThirtyEight.
I am sad and disappointed to a degree thats kind of hard to express right now.
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Weve been at Disney almost 10 years.
My contract is up soon, and I expect that Ill be leaving at the end of it.
Dont hesitate to get in touch.
I am so proud of the work of FiveThirtyEight staff.
It has never been easy.
Im so sorry to the people impacted by this.
The news division began a phased rollout of job reductions in late March, impacting about 50 people total.
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FiveThirtyEight editor Chadwick Matlin also was among those being laid off.
Matlin wrote on Twitter: Ive spent 9.5 years at FiveThirtyEight, but wont make it 10.
I was laid off today as part of Disneys cuts.
My colleagues and I built a website out of nothing, and journalism changed because of it.
There are worse legacies.
More reflections to come once things shake out.
Silver brought the blog to ESPN in 2013, and it was moved to ABC News in 2018.
Disney has been going through rounds of layoffs in recent weeks, with plans to eliminate 7,000 positions.
