# Peter Castro

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**Peter Castro** is the Deputy Managing Editor of *[People magazine](/source/People_magazine)*,[1] a job held since late 2007. He was named managing editor of *[People en Español](/source/People_en_Espa%C3%B1ol)* in August 2006.

Prior to joining *[People en Español](/source/People_en_Espa%C3%B1ol)*, Castro spent 18 years at *People* magazine, most recently serving as executive editor overseeing television and pop music coverage. He first joined *People* magazine as a writer for the Chatter column in 1987. Three years later, he moved to Australia as a founding staffer on *People* magazine's Australian offshoot. In 2001 he was named assistant managing editor. In September 2004, he edited the first Emmy editions of *People* magazine's Hollywood Daily. Prior to joining *People* magazine, Castro was a staff writer for *[Vanity Fair magazine](/source/Vanity_Fair_magazine)*.

He has provided pop culture commentary on a variety of TV programs including *[Entertainment Tonight](/source/Entertainment_Tonight), [Access Hollywood](/source/Access_Hollywood), [Extra (TV series)](/source/Extra_(U.S._TV_program))*, [CNN](/source/CNN)’s *[Larry King Live](/source/Larry_King_Live)*, *[Good Morning America](/source/Good_Morning_America), [Dateline NBC](/source/Dateline_NBC), [Today Show](/source/Today_(NBC_program))* and [E!](/source/E!)’s *Red Carpet* pre-show among others.

## References

1. Morales, Tatiana (December 5, 2007). ["Has Britney Gone Over The Edge?"](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/has-britney-gone-over-the-edge/). *CBS News*. Retrieved 29 July 2011.

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