Pierre Omidyar—Funded First Look Media and The Intercept with $250 million commitment
Pierre Omidyar launched First Look Media in 2013 as a collaboration with journalists Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, and Laura Poitras, promising $250 million in funding. The first publication was The Intercept, launched in February 2014. The initiative focused on adversarial journalism. In 2023, The Intercept restructured as an independent nonprofit.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Press Freedom | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | +0.885 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.59)
Evidence (1 signal)
Funded First Look Media and The Intercept with $250 million commitment
Pierre Omidyar launched First Look Media in 2013 as a collaboration with journalists Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, and Laura Poitras, promising $250 million in funding. The first publication was The Intercept, launched in February 2014. The initiative focused on adversarial journalism. In 2023, The Intercept restructured as an independent nonprofit.