The popular political blog FiveThirtyEight will join up with The New York Times to provide content for the paper's Web site, the Times announced Thursday.

In a release, the paper stated: “This summer The New York Times will incorporate the political blog FiveThirtyEight into the political news section of NYTimes.com. Blogger, polling expert and founder of FiveThirtyEight Nate Silver will continue to oversee the blog and will also be a regular contributor to The New York Times and to The New York Times Sunday Magazine."

“Nate won considerable recognition during the 2008 presidential campaign for his timely and prescient reports on the electoral races and on public opinion,” Executive Editor Bill Keller said in the announcement. “We look forward to his unique perspectives on statistics, covering a wide swath of issues relating to politics, culture and sports.”