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-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 statistical analysis of sports). I am a little > surprised about the Olbermann connection, even though in many ways, even > just baseball, it is a natural. > > > "Nate Silver... is parting ways with The New York Times and moving his > FiveThirtyEight franchise to ESPN... according to ESPN employees with > direct knowledge of his plans. > > At ESPN, Mr. Silver is expected to have a wide-ranging portfolio. Along > with his writing and number-crunching, he will most likely be a regular > contributor to “Olbermann,” the late-night ESPN2 talk show hosted by Keith > Olbermann that will have its debut at the end of August. In political > years, he will also have a role at ABC News, which is owned by Disney". > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
