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Dan Ackerman

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Education
  
Buffalo, NY 2005 UB

Role
  
Name
  
Dan Ackerman


Children
  
1, Son, Dash Ackerman

Occupation
  
Journalist

Spouse
  
Libe Goad


Born
  
March 13, 1974 (age 51) (
1974-03-13
)

Notable credit(s)
  
CNET.com Senior Editor (2006—Present)

Profiles

Quest For Peace Ep. 25 - Interview with Dan Ackerman


Dan Ackerman (born March 13, 1974) is a former radio DJ turned technology and video game journalist. Ackerman resides in New York City and has written about video games and gadgets for publications including SPIN, Blender, WWE Magazine, and The Hollywood Reporter.

He is currently a senior editor at CNET.com and a regular TV talking head on outlets such as G4TV, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and CNBC. Ackerman co-hosted CNET's weekly Digital City and CNET Labcasts video podcast. Previously, Ackerman was the editor-in-chief of Clubplanet.com from 2001 to 2006, and a senior editor at UGO.com from 1999 to 2001. He has released four albums on the Helper Monkey Records label, including 2008's "Tales Out of Night School" and 2012's "The Futurist". He also appeared on a web show called "Play Value" Along with his Wife and other people in the video gaming industry. The show talked about the history of gaming such as "The Rise of Atari", or "The Death of The Arcade".

Ackerman is married to Libe Goad.

References

Dan Ackerman Wikipedia


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