Burn Book

Most people in this town stab you in the back, but [Kara] stabbed me in the front, and I appreciate that – John McLaughlin, former host, The McLaughlin GroupShe has a coffee before bed every night, after midnight. This seems somehow emblematic to me. (In a good way) – Ben Smith, media writer guy and other reportrepreneur besides KaraA force in the industry – Meredith Kopit Levien, CEO, The New York TimesIt is a constant joke in the Valley when people write memos for them to say, “I hope Kara never sees this” – Sheryl Sandberg, former COO, Facebook (before it was called Meta, in order to hide in plain sight)She’s willing to get into the brawl with me – Ari Emanuel, Endeavor CEO and well-known brawlerThere she was with a front- row seat to the mining of great intellectual property - using technology, really - as a means of creating value [and] in effect turned the results of her own reporting on herself – Bob Iger, CEO of Disney, two timesPart of the power of her podcast is there’s a sense of somebody who has been here the whole time and is kind of fed up – Casey Newton, tech journalist (and former renter of Kara’s guest cottage in San Francisco)Kara has become so shrill at this point that only dogs can hear her – Elon Musk, Tesla guy, May 2023I have rarely seen evil in as pure a form as Yoel Roth and Kara Swisher’s heart is filled with seething hate. I regard their dislike of me as a compliment – Elon Musk (who could use a compliment these days), September 2023Swisher, the bad-ass journalist and OG chronicler of Silicon Valley … takes no prisoners in this highly readable look at the evolution of the digital world … Bawdy, brash and compulsively thought-provoking, just like its author, Burn Book sizzles * Booklist *The most recognizable chronicler of the digital revolution * Washington Post *Nobody straddles the world of tech and media quite like Kara Swisher… This book isn’t just a juicy read, it’s also a valuable historical document, giving readers an inside look at the architects of some of the biggest tech moments of the last thirty years – Charlotte Alter * TIME *An exposé that also seeks to avert technological calamity on the perilous road still ahead * Associated Press *Funny, smart, chic-y, and insightful – Katie CouricBurn Book shows how understanding these leaders’ pasts can illuminate their current motivations and aspirations * Axios *Swisher has been the most entrepreneurial of reporters, both in the doggedness of her work and the ever-evolving array of venues where it’s manifested itself * Fast Company *Unlike the mythological Cassandra whose prophecies were ignored, both the ‘children’ and adults will pay heed to [Kara Swisher’s] warnings * The Daily Beast *As existential questions confront both the tech and media industries… Swisher takes no prisoners, offering readers a behind-the-curtain peek at the industry’s most powerful and ego-obsessed titans * Reliable Sources *

Kara Swisher is the host of the podcast On with Kara Swisher and the cohost of the Pivot podcast with Scott Galloway, both distributed by New York magazine. She was also the cofounder and editor-at-large of Recode, host of the Recode Decode podcast, and coexecutive producer of the Code conference. She was a former contributing opinion writer for The New York Times and host of its Sway podcast and has also worked for The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. This is her third book.

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