David Pecker

This article is about the publisher. For the film executive, see David V. Picker. For others similarly named, see David Packer.

David Pecker
Born
David Jay Pecker

(1951-09-24) September 24, 1951 (age 72)
New York City, U.S.
EducationPace University (BBA)
TitleChairman, CEO, and President, AMI Paper Inc.[1][2]
Spouse
Karen Balan
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(m. 1987)​

David Jay Pecker[3] (born September 24, 1951) is an American publishing executive and businessman, who was the CEO of American Media until August 2020. He was the publisher of Men's Fitness, Muscle and Fitness, Flex, Fit Pregnancy, Shape, and Star. He was also the publisher of National Enquirer, Sun, Weekly World News, and Globe.

In 2018, Pecker became embroiled in controversy regarding his involvement in a catch and kill operation under which his company would buy exclusive rights to stories that might embarrass his friend Donald Trump, the idea being to prevent those stories from becoming public during the latter's 2016 presidential campaign.

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