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Chuck Ross

Chuck Ross is the managing director of TVWeek.com. He's been involved in the TV business ever since he sold cable TV subscriptions in Santa Monica, Calif., door-to-door in the mid-to-late 1970s. He's had regular gigs reporting and/or editing about TV and advertising for Cablevision magazine,The Hollywood Reporter, the San Francisco Chronicle, Inside Media and Advertising Age. He first joined the predecessor to TVWeek, Electronic Media, in 2000.

Emmis Communications in ‘Serious Talks’ to Sell Texas Monthly Magazine. And the Company Is in the Early Stages of Finding Buyers for Los Angeles, Orange Coast, Cincinnati and Atlantic Magazines

Emmis Communications believes it has found a buyer for Texas Monthly, and is moving forward with the sale of four other regional titles, The New York Post reports. The report quotes Jeff Smulyan, CEO of the radio station operator, saying…

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Wins the Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel committee announced today that the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. CNN reports that the award was made for Santos’ efforts to end Colombia’s long-running civil war with FARC rebels. The announcement…

Comedy Central Renews Two-Time Emmy-Winning ‘@midnight with Chris Hardwick’ for Fourth Season

Press release from Comedy Central, Oct. 7, 2016: Fresh off its second straight Emmy(R) win, the late-night curator of the internet’s freshest pop culture moments keeps the jokes coming as Comedy Central has renewed “@midnight with Chris Hardwick” for a…

‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ Production Shut Down Due to Paris Robbery

“Following Kim Kardashian West’s robbery at gunpoint in Paris, production on ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ has been shut down,” reports Elizabeth Wagmeister in Variety. The story adds, “When asked if cameras were rolling in Paris around the time of…

Verizon Wants $1 Billion Taken Off the Price It’s Paying for Yahoo After Reports of Hacking and Spying

“Verizon is pushing for a $1 billion discount off its pending $4.8 billion agreement to buy Yahoo, several sources told The Post exclusively,” reports our good friend, New York Post columnist Claire Atkinson. Atkinson adds, “Yahoo revealed two weeks ago…

Details Surface on New Fox Comedy

Fox is developing a new comedy project whose bloodlines can be traced to “Modern Family” and “The Odd Couple.” Variety reports that the broadcast net bought a script for the workplace comedy “Type-A” from writer Lesley Wake Webster and executive…

Rosie O’Donnell and Ivanka Trump Have an Encounter on a New York Street

The Donald Trump campaign has confirmed an encounter between his nemesis, Rosie O’Donnell, and his daughter Ivanka. CNN reports that an aide to the Trump campaign confirmed that Rosie and Ivanka “ran into each other,” but stopped short of providing…

New Horror Anthology Series Gets Green Light

A new horror anthology series has received the green light for a 10-episode first season. The unscripted series, “Lore,” based on a popular podcast of the same name, is in the works at Amazon. The series “will present tales dealing…

Baseball’s Postseason in Full Swing — Here’s the MLB Schedule of Divisional Playoff Games

The Major League Baseball postseason has already produced its share of drama and terrific performances in two wild card games, and today the sport begins its round of divisional playoff series — with one game already under way, as the…

Did Mike Pence Make Up an Old Russian Proverb? Colbert Offers His Take on the Veep Debate

CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert went all in on the vice presidential candidates’ debate during his monologue, which you can watch below. Among other things, the “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” host dug into the origins of an “old proverb”…