Dan Ackerman (born March 13, 1974) is a former radio
DJ turned technology and
video game journalist
Video game journalism is a branch of journalism concerned with the reporting and discussion of video games, typically based on a core "reveal–preview–review" cycle. With the prevalence and rise of independent media online, online publicati ...
. 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
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Talking head or talking heads may also refer to:
Music
* Talking Heads, an American rock band
* ''Talking Heads'' (album), a 2005 box set by Talking Heads
* "Talking Head", a song by Motörhead from the ...
on outlets such as G4TV, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and CNBC. Ackerman co-hosted CNET's weekly Digital City and CNET Labcasts
video podcast
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. 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"
[ allmusic 'Tales out of Night School' Overview /ref> 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".
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References
External links
CNET profile pageDigital City PodcastDan Ackerman Official websiteOfficial website for Tales Out of Night School
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1974 births
Living people
American technology journalists
American male journalists
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