Glenn Greenwald out at ’The Guardian’, will launch new media venture
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Glenn Greenwald, the reporter who broke the National Security Agency surveillance story, is leaving The Guardian to start what he described as “very substantial new media outlet," BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith reported on Tuesday.
The new venture, described by a source familiar with it as “rather extraordinary,” will be web-based and funded by a philanthropist, POLITICO has learned.
In his interview with Smith, Greenwald said it would have major financial backing and would have hubs in New York City, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. He disclosed no further details, but called the venture “momentous” and said it will be "be unveiled very shortly.”
