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Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke

Kara was the senior media reporter at the Observer until July 2016. Follow her on twitter: @kbsmoke

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Jay McInerney in egg chair.

Bright and Precious Jay McInerney

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Cormac McCarthy lives.

Cormac McCarthy Is Alive Despite Tweets to the Contrary

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Bill Cunningham taking pictures in 2013

Bill Cunningham Hosptalized Following Stroke

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Anna Wintour

Anna Wintour Has ‘Pressure to Produce’

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
The Washington Post's newsroom.

Washington Post Puts Branded Content On Facebook Instant Articles

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Competing at the stands.

Law360 Agrees to Stop Making Reporters Sign Non-Competes

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Nick Denton

Gawker Media Files for Bankruptcy and Announces Plan to Sell to Ziff Davis (Update)

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Peter Thiel

How Peter Thiel’s Secret War With Gawker Came to Light

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Book Marks

LitHub Launches Book Marks, a Rotten Tomatoes for Books

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Jayson Blair

Notorious New York Times Fabulist Jayson Blair Resurfaces at Surface Mag

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Nick Denton

Gawker Hits Back Against Peter Thiel, Facebook Tries Not to Get Involved

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
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