The New York Times Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Newsletters=== In October 2001, ''The New York Times'' began publishing ''DealBook'', a financial newsletter edited by [[Andrew Ross Sorkin]]. The ''Times'' had intended to publish the newsletter in September, but delayed its debut following the [[September 11 attacks]].{{Sfn|Sorkin|2011}} A website for ''DealBook'' was established in March 2006.{{Sfn|DealBook|2006}} ''The New York Times'' began shifting towards ''DealBook'' as part of the newspaper's financial coverage in November 2010 with a renewed website and a presence in the ''Times''{{'}}s print edition.{{Sfn|Barnett|2010}} In 2011, the ''Times'' began hosting the DealBook Summit, an annual conference hosted by Sorkin.{{Sfn|The New York Times|2023}} During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]], ''The New York Times'' hosted the DealBook Online Summit in 2020{{Sfn|The New York Times|2020}} and 2021.{{Sfn|Sorkin et al.|2021}} The 2022 DealBook Summit featured—among other speakers—former vice president [[Mike Pence]] and Israeli prime minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]],{{Sfn|Marantz|2022}} culminating in an interview with former [[FTX]] chief executive [[Sam Bankman-Fried]]; FTX had [[Bankruptcy of FTX|filed for bankruptcy]] several weeks prior.{{Sfn|Kim|2022}} The 2023 DealBook Summit's speakers included vice president [[Kamala Harris]], Israeli president [[Isaac Herzog]], and businessman [[Elon Musk]].{{Sfn|The New York Times|2023}} In June 2010, ''The New York Times'' licensed the political blog ''[[FiveThirtyEight]]'' in a three-year agreement.{{Sfn|Stelter|2010}} The blog, written by [[Nate Silver]], had garnered attention during the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]] for predicting the elections in forty-nine of fifty states. ''FiveThirtyEight'' appeared on nytimes.com in August.{{Sfn|Silver|2010}} According to Silver, several offers were made for the blog; Silver wrote that a merger of unequals must allow for editorial sovereignty and resources from the acquirer, comparing himself to [[Groucho Marx]].{{Sfn|Carr|2011}} According to ''[[The New Republic]]'', ''FiveThirtyEight'' drew as much as a fifth of the traffic to nytimes.com during the [[2012 United States presidential election|2012 presidential election]].{{Sfn|Tracy|2012}} In July 2013, ''FiveThirtyEight'' was sold to [[ESPN]].{{Sfn|Stelter|2013}} In an article following Silver's exit, public editor [[Margaret Sullivan (journalist)|Margaret Sullivan]] wrote that he was disruptive to the ''Times''{{'}}s culture for his perspective on probability-based predictions and scorn for polling—having stated that punditry is "fundamentally useless", comparing him to [[Billy Beane]], who implemented [[sabermetrics]] in baseball. According to Sullivan, his work was criticized by several notable political journalists.{{Sfn|Sullivan|2013b}} ''The New Republic'' obtained a memo in November 2013 revealing then-Washington bureau chief [[David Leonhardt]]'s ambitions to establish a data-driven newsletter with presidential historian [[Michael Beschloss]], graphic designer [[Amanda Cox]], economist [[Justin Wolfers]], and ''The New Republic'' journalist [[Nate Cohn]].{{Sfn|Tracy|2013}} By March, Leonhardt had amassed fifteen employees from within ''The New York Times''; the newsletter's staff included individuals who had created the ''Times''{{'}}s dialect quiz, [[fourth down]] analyzer, and a calculator for determining buying or renting a home.{{Sfn|McDuling|2014}} ''[[The Upshot]]'' debuted in April 2014.{{Sfn|Leonhardt|2014}} ''[[Fast Company]]'' reviewed an article about [[Illinois]] Secure Choice—a state-funded retirement saving system—as "neither a terse news item, nor a formal financial advice column, nor a politically charged response to economic policy", citing its informal and neutral tone.{{Sfn|Wilson|2015}} ''The Upshot'' developed "the needle" for the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]] and [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential elections]], a reviled thermometer dial displaying the probability of a candidate winning.{{Sfn|Wilson|2020}} In January 2016, Cox was named editor of ''The Upshot''.{{Sfn|The New York Times Company|2016}} Kevin Quealy was named editor in June 2022.{{Sfn|The New York Times Company|2022f}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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