Dan Wakeford (born March 3, 1975) is an English-born journalist, writer, producer, director, and TV personality. He was the editor-in-chief of People Magazine and editorial director of Entertainment Weekly (2019-2022).
Born in England, he graduated from Leicester University in 1996 with a B.A. in American Studies. He started his career in journalism working at News UK and then onto become News Editor of Heat magazine. In 2002, he moved to America where he worked at In Touch Weekly and Life & Style Weekly eventually becoming the Editor-in-chief of both titles. His stories and opinions are often quoted in other news magazines.
In 2015, he became a deputy editor at People magazine. In 2019, he was promoted to editor in chief. During his tenure at People he pushed the brand into podcasts, video and new social platforms and grew the digital footprint to 76 million unique visitors and the whole brand footprint to 88 million consumers a month. He instituted the brand’s first-ever issue...
