IT'S OFFICIAL: Bauer Publishing Names Dan Wakeford Editor in Chief of Life & Style Weekly

Bauer Publishing’s CEO Hubert Boehle just confirmed to CoverAwards what was predicted in today’s New York Post.

Life & Style has a new editor-in-chief and it’s In Touch (Bauer sister title) veteran Dan Wakeford, replacing Donna Armstrong.

“Dan is a seasoned celebrity journalist with a proven track record for success. The fact that he’s already well-known and respected amongst the Life & Style team, made the decision to appoint him editor-in-chief even easier,” Hubert Boehle, Bauer Publishing CEO, told CoverAwards.

“I’m hugely excited to be in the driving seat at Life & Style and work with the talented team. I’m looking forward to taking the magazine into its next phase,” Dan Wakeford, editor-in-chief, Life & Style, told CoverAwards.

As current editor of In Touch Weekly, Dan is in charge of overseeing all of the magazine’s celebrity news and entertainment coverage.  He oversaw the creation of In Touch’s news department, breaking major stories including Shiloh Jolie-Pitt’s birth in Africa as well as pregnancy announcements of Jennifer Lopez and Halle Berry.

Prior to coming to the States to launch In Touch, Wakeford resided in England and worked as news editor of Heat – widely considered to be the first celebrity weekly – where in two years, he successfully helped increase the magazine’s sales from 60,000 to 600,000. Wakeford also worked as Show Business reporter for The Sun, where he was responsible for bringing in the hottest gossip, lead items and exclusive photos that made up The Sun’s Showbiz page.