First Look Media

First Look Media is an American nonprofit media organization founded by Pierre Omidyar in October 2013 as a venue for "original, independent journalism". The project was started as a collaboration with Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, and Laura Poitras with a promised $250 million in funding from Omidyar. The organization announced plans to support multiple publications, the first of which was The Intercept, launched in February 2014.

For the home video company formerly known as "First Look Media", see First Look Studios.

First Look Media
Company typeNonprofit organization
IndustryMass media
FoundedOctober 2013 (2013-10)
FoundersPierre Omidyar
Headquarters
New York City, New York
,
United States
Key people
Michael Bloom (CEO)
ProductsInvestigative journalism, new media
Subsidiaries
  • The Intercept
  • The Nib
  • Field of Vision
  • Topic Studios
  • Topic
  • Press Freedom Defense Fund
Websitefirstlook.media

A second publication was announced in February 2014 that would focus on financial and political corruption, headed by Matt Taibbi. Although the name of the publication was not publicly announced, the name Racket was reportedly chosen. The publication was to be launched autumn 2014 but in October, it was reported that Taibbi was on leave after "disagreements with higher-ups". On October 28, Omidyar stated in a press release that Taibbi had left First Look.

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