No, Nate left. Read this NiemanLab article from 2010. It was always clear (to me at least and a few others) that the NYT thing was just a step along the way (p

No, Nate left. Read this NiemanLab article from 2010. It was always clear (to me at least and a few others) that the NYT thing was just a step along the way (partnership vs acquisition - 3 yr contract, etc): http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/06/articles-of-incorporation-nate-silver-and-jim-roberts-on-the-nyts-absorption-of-fivethirtyeight/ http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/06/articles-of-incorporation-n...