The former Guardian journalist who broke a string of stories about widespread electronic surveillance by the National Security Agency based on files leaked
by whistleblower Edward Snowden, was first on board the Omidyar-backed venture and launched the new company's first "digital magazine", the Intercept.
The online title will initially concentrate on the NSA, with the longer-term goal of producing "aggressive and independent adversarial journalism" on issues ranging from civil liberties to media.
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