Chuck Ross

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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.

Legendary Music Producer Dies — He Was Behind Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Pete Seeger and Other Greats

A music producer who had a hand in some of the greatest recordings ever released has died. The AP reports that Bob Johnston died Friday at 83. Working out of Nashville, Johnston produced landmark albums such as Bob Dylan’s “Blonde…

Jon Stewart Getting Back in the Ring

Less than two weeks after retiring from his long run as host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart has his next gig lined up. USA Today reports that Stewart will host WWE’s “SummerSlam.” The four-hour event, being held…

TCA Press Tour Previews the Upcoming TV Programs — Here’s a Roundup of the Best Shows

With the best of the upcoming programming from the broadcast networks, along with Amazon, Showtime, FX and other cable nets, being showcased in the latter stages of the Television Critics Association summer press tour, suggestions that we’re living in a…

NBCUniversal Partners With a Second Digital Media Company

Less than a week after news broke about a $200 million investment by NBCUniversal in Vox Media, NBCU has made a second investment in digital media. BuzzFeed announced today that NBCU had agreed to make a $200 million equity investment…

Comedy Series Gets Two More Seasons — Just Days Before the Series Debut

An original comedy series has already been renewed for seasons two and three even though its debut season is still days away from premiering. The series is “Documentary Now!,” which bows on IFC Aug. 20. The program has received some…

Colorful ‘Batman’ Character Killed on Roadside After Having Car Trouble on Batmobile

A man who went around in character as Batman and drove a replica of the Batmobile was killed in a roadside incident Sunday in Maryland, the AP reports. “Leonard B. Robinson, 51, of Owings Mills, was returning from a weekend…

Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos Responds to New York Times’ Hard-Hitting Expose Calling Amazon a ‘Bruising Workplace’ — Says He ‘would not tolerate the “shockingly callous management practices” described in the article’

Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder and CEO, “responding to an article that was published by The New York Times over the weekend about Amazon’s hard-hitting management style, deplored what he called its portrait of ‘a soulless, dystopian workplace where no fun…