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First Look Media

Media company; publisher of The Intercept; Omidyar-funded
Tracked because Media company; publisher of The Intercept; Omidyar-funded · 8 documented connections
Editorial summary · AI-drafted from public records

Digital media company founded by Pierre Omidyar in 2013 with a $250M personal commitment. Publishes The Intercept, founded with Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, and Jeremy Scahill. Originally created to publish Edward Snowden documents. Greenwald departed in 2020 citing editorial censorship. The Intercept shut down in 2024.

Facts on record7
Connections mapped8
Sources cited13
Evidence: 1P 1S 5I
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Stated vs Revealed
No documented contradictions on file.
Connection Map
Key Connections
← Pierre Omidyar person
founder
Omidyar founded First Look Media 2013 with $250M commitment.
Facts (7)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 159d ago · Avg age: 2529d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (2)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
✓ verified Primary Source Omidyar's funding of First Look Media totaled almost $90 million between 2013 and 2017
Date: 2017-12-31 Added: 23 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Columbia Journalism Review analysis
✓ verified Partially Corroborated First Look Media filed filing with the SEC on 2003-04-15. Accession number: N/A.
All Connections (8)
→ Business Insider company
peer media organization inferential since 2013
Business Insider appears in the known entities list alongside First Look Media; both are media organizations that have reported on similar investigative topics.
→ 404 Media company
peer media organization inferential since 2013
404 Media appears in the known entities list alongside First Look Media; both are digital media outlets focused on investigative journalism.
← Pierre Omidyar person
founder primary
Omidyar founded First Look Media 2013 with $250M commitment.
← Omidyar Network institution
affiliation inferential since 2013
Pierre Omidyar, the founder of Omidyar Network, also founded First Look Media.
← Democracy Alliance institution
associated organization inferential since 2016
First Look Media receives funding from Democracy Alliance-aligned donors.
← First Look Institute organization
affiliation inferential since 2010
The entity 'First Look Institute' shares a closely related name to First Look Media, which is known to be an independent media organization linked to investigative journalism. The input data contains multiple financial filings for a 'First Look Institute Inc' (EIN: 80-0951255) with an IRS Form 990, suggesting a possible legal entity operating under a similar name to First Look Media.
peer organization inferential since 2026
First Look Media (which houses The Intercept) and Media Legal Defense Initiative are both media/legal defense organizations listed in the dataset.
← Glenn Greenwald person
Employment inferential since 2014
Greenwald was a founding editor and journalist at The Intercept, a publication of First Look Media.
Sources (13)
2026-05-10 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: First Look Media not found in opencorporates claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2019-04-26 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — First Look Media (2019-04-26) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2003-04-15 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — First Look Media (2003-04-15) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2003-04-15 ↗ SEC EDGAR: 10-K — FIRST LOOK MEDIA INC (2003-04-15) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2003-01-09 ↗ SEC EDGAR: 4 — FIRST LOOK MEDIA INC (2003-01-09) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2006-08-14 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — First Look Media (2006-08-14) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: First Look Media — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: First Look Media — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: First Look Media — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: First Look Media — Corporate registrations (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: First Look Media — USASpending contracts (no results) contract Processed 📜 Receipt
2017-12-31 ↗ Columbia Journalism Review analysis web_search Processed 📜 Receipt
2003-04-15 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — First Look Media (2003-04-15) web_search Processed 📜 Receipt