Peter Castro is currently the Deputy Managing Editor of People magazine, a job held since late 2007. He was named managing editor of People en Español

People en Español

People en Español is a Spanish-language American magazine published by Time Inc. that debuted in 1996, originally as the Spanish-language edition of its publication People...

in August 2006.

Prior to joining People en Español

People en Español

People en Español is a Spanish-language American magazine published by Time Inc. that debuted in 1996, originally as the Spanish-language edition of its publication People...

, 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.

He has provided pop culture commentary on a variety of TV programs including Entertainment Tonight

Entertainment Tonight

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, Access Hollywood

Access Hollywood

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, Extra (TV series)

Extra (TV series)

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, CNN

CNN

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’s Larry King Live

Larry King Live

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, Good Morning America

Good Morning America

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, Dateline NBC

Dateline NBC

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, Today Show and E!

E!

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’s Red Carpet pre-show among others.