Re: [TV orNotTV] Nate Silver Taking His Talents To Bristol

2014-03-11 Thread PGage
On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > The subhed says it'll be called Exit 31, which is the exit off of I-84 to > the most God-forsaken place on earth. And we all know what that is. > Though there seems no reason for Nate to actually move to Bristol, or even ever step foot in t

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nate Silver Taking His Talents To Bristol

2014-03-11 Thread Mark Jeffries
The subhed says it'll be called Exit 31, which is the exit off of I-84 to the most God-forsaken place on earth. And we all know what that is. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 2:50 PM, Joe Hass wrote: > Only obvious name: ESPN Ocho. > > On Mon

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nate Silver Taking His Talents To Bristol

2014-03-10 Thread Joe Hass
Only obvious name: ESPN Ocho. On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > In administrative news, a new division is being formed in Bristol to > include Grantland, fivethirtyeight, and ESPN Films, home of *30 For 30*... > > > http://www.thewrap.com/espn-combining-grantland-nate-silve

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nate Silver Taking His Talents To Bristol

2014-03-10 Thread Bob Jersey
In administrative news, a new division is being formed in Bristol to include Grantland, fivethirtyeight, and ESPN Films, home of *30 For 30*... http://www.thewrap.com/espn-combining-grantland-nate-silvers-fivethirtyeight-espn-films-one-unit/

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nate Silver Taking His Talents To Bristol

2014-03-08 Thread PGage
On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Bob Jersey wrote: > > At SXSW, Bristol boss John Skipper set St Paddy's Day as the big day for > fivethirtyeight.com... no word on free or Insider. > > http://www.thewrap.com/nate-silver-five-thirty-eight-site-launching-month/ > Nate also announced this on his sit

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nate Silver Taking His Talents To Bristol

2014-03-08 Thread Bob Jersey
At SXSW, Bristol boss John Skipper set St Paddy's Day as the big day for fivethirtyeight.com... no word on free or Insider. http://www.thewrap.com/nate-silver-five-thirty-eight-site-launching-month/ B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nate Silver Taking His Talents To Bristol

2013-07-22 Thread PGage
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > Well, hell, you know that's going to happen no matter what because of > Olbermann back at ESPN. It may be a little more intense with Silver > involved, but it was going to happen. > > Meanwhile, anyone want to start a pool on how long it ta

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nate Silver Taking His Talents To Bristol

2013-07-22 Thread PGage
So, more information is coming in today, now that it is official, on Nate's decision to move to ESPN (I was about to correct myself and call him Silver, but the truth is that he is one of those guys who are referred to by people who follow him closely by his first name, even though most of us have

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nate Silver Taking His Talents To Bristol

2013-07-22 Thread M-D November
I'm not overly surprised about the "Olbermann" connection - wasn't he a frequent guest (or, at the very least, an oft-quoted source) on Countdown? On Saturday, July 20, 2013 3:49:00 AM UTC-4, PGage wrote: > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/20/business/media/nate-silver-blogger-for-new-york-time

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nate Silver Taking His Talents To Bristol

2013-07-22 Thread Mark Jeffries
Well, hell, you know that's going to happen no matter what because of Olbermann back at ESPN. It may be a little more intense with Silver involved, but it was going to happen. Meanwhile, anyone want to start a pool on how long it takes before Olby violates that alleged contractual pledge to not s

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nate Silver Taking His Talents To Bristol

2013-07-22 Thread PGage
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 11:47 AM, M-D November wrote: > I'm not overly surprised about the "Olbermann" connection - wasn't he a > frequent guest (or, at the very least, an oft-quoted source) on Countdown? Exactly. Olbermann and Silver are two of the most hated exemplars of liberal media among

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nate Silver Taking His Talents To Bristol

2013-07-22 Thread Mark Jeffries
Yep. He was on with Keith regularly, both at MSNBC and Current. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 1:47 PM, M-D November wrote: > I'm not overly surprised about the "Olbermann" connection - wasn't he a > frequent guest (or, at the very least, a

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nate Silver Taking His Talents To Bristol

2013-07-21 Thread PGage
On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Tom Wolper wrote: > On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 7:07 AM, Greg Diener wrote: > >> I hope this doesn't mean that certain aspects of fivethirtyeight will now >> be in that (sarcasm) oh so lovely (/sarcasm) ESPN Insider Paywall since the >> site will now be a part of ESP

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nate Silver Taking His Talents To Bristol

2013-07-21 Thread Tom Wolper
On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 7:07 AM, Greg Diener wrote: > I hope this doesn't mean that certain aspects of fivethirtyeight will now > be in that (sarcasm) oh so lovely (/sarcasm) ESPN Insider Paywall since the > site will now be a part of ESPN. > According to an insider-based story on Politico, Disn

Re: [TV orNotTV] Nate Silver Taking His Talents To Bristol

2013-07-20 Thread Greg Diener
I hope this doesn't mean that certain aspects of fivethirtyeight will now be in that (sarcasm) oh so lovely (/sarcasm) ESPN Insider Paywall since the site will now be a part of ESPN. It's funny to see Olbermann bring in Silver, because I can totally see ESPN's village idiot Skip Bayless being a

[TV orNotTV] Nate Silver Taking His Talents To Bristol

2013-07-20 Thread PGage
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/20/business/media/nate-silver-blogger-for-new-york-times-is-to-join-espn-staff.html?=_r=6&_r=0 I am not surprised that Nate is leaving the Grey Lady, or that he would prefer ESPN to NBC (his talents are kind of wasted in between election cycles, and he does love the