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Interesting. If it indeed is a new venture, which seems likely, where's the money coming from? Benevolent billionaire?
by oskarth 13y ago
Interesting. If it indeed is a new venture, which seems likely, where's the money coming from? Benevolent billionaire?
- martythemaniak 13y agoHe could crowdfund it by selling yearly subscriptions. I'd easily pay $60 a year for a investigative-minded digital magazine with Greenwald as Editor-in-Chief.
- masmullin 13y agoI wouldn't pay 60. But I might cough up 30 for some sort of digital edition so long as the reporting is high quality.
- zmitri 13y agoHey, if you don't mind, would you take a look at this http://www.beaconreader.com http://www.beaconreader.com and let me know what your thoughts are? Readers pay a single $5 a month fee, but get access to everything on platform (Over 40 professional journalists). Example of an article http://www.beaconreader.com/eric-randolph/what-one-refugee-story-says http://www.beaconreader.com/eric-randolph/what-one-refugee-s...
- adventured 13y agoI really like the concept. It desperately needs a new name. Beacon is a weak word, and Beacon Reader flows really poorly. It doesn't convey impactful journalism. It'd be proper for the #3 newspaper in Sioux Falls (if there were such a thing). My two cents for what they're worth.
- ParadisoShlee 13y agoBaconreader... I'm not going to lie.. I expected this to be a reddit or rss feed.
- zmitri 13y agoThanks, I appreciate you being straight up. Would love to know how the articles and writers stand up in your mind.
- malandrew 13y agoI'd pay $60 easily, but not for news. I'd pay $60 to an organization that consistently topples corrupt power structures through investigative journalism. Heck I'd pay $60 per head that rolls. I would expect the organization to uncover wrongdoing irrespective of political affiliation or national origin. I'd expect it to push extremely hard for transparency, forcing transparency where possible. Any news organization that leaves no rocks unturned where people can hide their weaseling is awesome in my book. Basically, I'd pay very good money for an investigative news org with journalistic might equivalent to the military might of US Armed Forces. People in politics, finance and all sorts of equivalently powerful organizations need to feel as naked and vulnerable from and information security perspective as we do after learning about myriad NSA surveillance programs.
- wavesounds 13y agoBezos bought the Post - the other newspaper thats been a big part of the NSA leaks - perhaps its Bezos?
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- jusben1369 13y agoThe 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.”
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- peterjancelis 13y agoJust dreaming here: 1) DHH is a huge fan of Greenwald and very political. 2) Peter Thiel likes to make bold bets in the future of our culture (e.g. Ron Paul donation).
- lmm 13y ago"Bold bets" by having a foot in both camps? That seems more like timidity.
- icelancer 13y agoA foot in both camps? Huh? Paul and Greenwald are only on opposite teams if you believe in myopic labels like conservative vs. liberal (respectively). They're both ardent civil libertarians, and in Greenwald's case, that's the biggest part of his platform. Paul not so much, but it's still a major part.
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- toyg 13y agoBelieve it or not, in this day and age creating a news org from scratch is incredibly cheap: you don't have to deal with legacy tech, expensive manpower and flashy offices in downtown NYC... What is hard to get is brand recognition and mainstream credibility, which you can't get unless you break something extraordinary like CNN did in Gulf War I and Al-Jazeera in the post-2001 invasions. Greenwald's name should help in that regard.