Posted inFiveThirtyEight.com Layoffs and Job Reductions News and News Media Walt Disney Company Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight Founder, Expects to Depart ABC News Amid Layoffs Mr. Silver, who founded the data-driven news site in 2008, said on Twitter that layoffs at the Walt Disney Company had “substantially impacted” FiveThirtyEight. Posted by By Livia Albeck-Ripka