Gina Smith

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Gina Smith
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Smith in March 2000
Born
Regina Patricia Smith

Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
Nationality American
Education Florida State University
Occupations
  • Author
  • journalist
  • entrepreneur
Known for Journalism
Relatives Svetomir Đukić (maternal grandfather)
Website ginasmith.com

Gina Smith is an American entrepreneur, author, and journalist who co-wrote Steve Wozniak's 2006 autobiography iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It . [1] [2] In 2001, Smith was named one of the 100 most influential people in technology by Upside magazine. [3]

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Technology journalism

From 1990 to 2000, Smith wrote the "Inside Silicon Valley" technology column in the San Francisco Sunday Chronicle . [4] During that time, she was a investigative news reporter for PC Week , [5] senior editor at PC/Computing magazine, [6] and later, as of 1994, she was the editor-in-chief of IDG's Electronic Entertainment magazine. [7] From 1993 to 1997, she hosted the radio showOn Computers with Gina Smith and Leo Laporte [8] and from 1997 to 2000 she hosted ABC Radio's Connected with Gina Smith, a radio call-in show that ran in syndication. [9]

In 1995, she co-hosted, with John Levine, an educational PBS special, The Internet Show: Drivers' Education for the Internet Superhighway. [10]

Also in 1995 ABC News hired Smith as a technology correspondent, [11] where she covered technology news for ABC News' Nightline with Ted Koppel, ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, and Good Morning America . [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

Smith hosted the ESPN weekly series Nothing But Net with Pat O'Brien in 1995 and 1996. [17] She also hosted a daily tech news show on the Discovery Channel in 1996 and 1997 called Cyberlife. [18] [19] Cyberlife was nominated for a CableACE Award in the Business/Consumer Programming Special or Series category in 1997. [20]

In 1999 Smith joined CNET as anchor of the News.Com daily news show on CNBC. [21]

In 2010, Smith returned to journalism as editor-in-chief of the online relaunch of Byte magazine as Byte.com. [22]

Since 2011, she has been CEO of aNewDomain Media, which runs several news websites. [23]

Business ventures

In 2000, Smith was named CEO of the New Internet Computer Company, [24] [25] which she co-founded with Larry Ellison. [26] [27] [28] The firm closed in 2003. [29]

In 2004, David Warthen appointed Smith president of Eye Games, a San Francisco-based video game technology company. [30]

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