What we know (and don’t) about eBay founder Pierre Omidyar’s ambitious new media startup

It was leaked that star Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald, who broke the news on the National Security Agency scandals, is leaving the paper for what he described as “a once-in-a-career dream journalistic opportunity that no journalist could possibly decline.” It was soon revealed that the backer of that opportunity is billionaire eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. So what’s the new venture going to look like?

Here’s what we know so far: It’s totally digital, no print component, New York University journalism professor Jay Rosen reported. Omidyar is willing to pump a lot of money into it. Also on board so far: Filmmaker Laura Poitras and The Nation journalist Jeremy Scahill. The site won’t just focus on surveillance and security, though. It will be a general news site. And a few things we don’t know: The site’s name, though apparently it has one already, and the site’s business model (beyond Omidyar’s millions).