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About William Bastone
- William Bastone (born July 24, 1961) is editor and co-founder of The Smoking Gun website.
- In 1997, Bastone and his wife Barbara Glauber, who is a graphic designer, created The Smoking Gun with freelance journalist Daniel Green.
- In 1984, Bastone worked as an investigative journalist for The Village Voice.
- He started at The Village Voice as an intern, then worked his way up to being a contributing writer, then ended as a staff writer and investigative journalist.
- As an investigative journalist, he was responsible for covering City Hall, criminal justice issues, and writing about five of New York's most famous mafia families.
- TheSmokingGun.com was then bought by Court TV in 2000, enabling Bastone to quit his job with The Village Voice.
- He also co-wrote a book titled The Smoking Gun: A Dossier of Secret, Surprising, and Salacious Documents.
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