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Kara Swisher is an American journalist, author, and podcaster known for her incisive coverage of the technology industry. She co-founded Recode, co-hosted the 'Pivot' podcast, and has been a longtime contributor to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
Known for: Burn Book: A Tech Love Story
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Burn Book: A Tech Love Story
Part memoir, part industry chronicle, Kara Swisher’s 'Burn Book: A Tech Love Story' offers a sharp, humorous, and deeply informed look at Silicon Valley’s rise and the personalities who shaped it. Drawing on decades of reporting, Swisher recounts her encounters with tech’s most powerful figures, exploring how ambition, innovation, and ego transformed the digital world—and her own life along the way.
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Early Career
When I began covering technology for The Washington Post, the word ‘tech’ didn’t yet conjure the glamour or scrutiny it does now. In the late eighties and early nineties, I was chasing stories about phone companies and PC startups. Silicon Valley was still a scrappy subculture driven by eccentric en...
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Rise of the Internet
The 1990s were a dizzying time. The Internet exploded from fringe curiosity to cultural revolution. Companies like AOL, Yahoo, and Netscape became household names almost overnight, and suddenly the geeks were the rock stars. I was there to chronicle it all, skeptical but fascinated. I watched fortun...
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About Kara Swisher
Kara Swisher is an American journalist, author, and podcaster known for her incisive coverage of the technology industry. She co-founded Recode, co-hosted the 'Pivot' podcast, and has been a longtime contributor to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
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