NPM Install - package.json error

I am trying to create a local server for visual studio code through Node by following Microsoft's Blog Post. I followed these very simple instructions exactly by adding a package.json file in my root folder and running npm install first. When I do, I get the following error:

$ npm install
npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.14393
npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install"
npm ERR! node v6.10.2
npm ERR! npm  v3.10.10
npm ERR! file C:\Users\Temple\desktop\secret\package.json
npm ERR! code EJSONPARSE

npm ERR! Failed to parse json
npm ERR! Unexpected token '“' at 2:4
npm ERR!    “name”: “Demo”,
npm ERR!    ^
npm ERR! File: C:\Users\Temple\desktop\secret\package.json
npm ERR! Failed to parse package.json data.
npm ERR! package.json must be actual JSON, not just JavaScript.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! This is not a bug in npm.
npm ERR! Tell the package author to fix their package.json file. JSON.parse

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\Temple\desktop\secret\npm-debug.log

And yes, I have node installed.

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