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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.

Official CBS News Announcement of Bob Simon’s Death, Including Complete Biography

CBS NEWS AND “60 MINUTES” CORRESPONDENT BOB SIMON, MOST-HONORED FIELD REPORTER IN TELEVISION NEWS, IS DEAD AT 73                60 MINUTES Correspondent Bob Simon, whose decades of foreign reporting for CBS News, especially from the Middle East, where he was…

Bob Simon, 73, Veteran ’60 Minutes’ and CBS News Correspondent, Killed in Auto Accident

“Bob Simon, a longtime correspondent for CBS’ ’60 Minutes’ and a CBS News veteran of more than 45 years, was killed Wednesday night in a [car] crash” in New York City, according to a report on the CBSNewYork website. The…

Three Winning Tickets Sold in Powerball Lottery with $564 Million Jackpot

“Three tickets in North Carolina, Puerto Rico and Texas match the Powerball jackpot numbers, [according to] the Powerball website,” reports the Chicago Tribune. The story continues, “The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing were 11-13-25-39-54, with a Powerball of 19 and…

Alleged Gunman in Shooting of San Diego TV Station Sports Director Surrenders in SWAT Standoff

“The man suspected of shooting CBS News 8’s [KFMB] Sports Director Kyle Kraska surrendered to SWAT officers late Tuesday night, following an intense manhunt,” according to a story on the KFMB-TV website. The story continues, “Kraska is now recovering at…

Brian Williams Suspended Without Pay for Six Months

Here’s the memo NBC News President Deborah Turness issued to the folks at NBC News: All, We have decided today to suspend Brian Williams as Managing Editor and Anchor of NBC Nightly News for six months. The suspension will be…

Jon Stewart Leaving ‘The Daily Show”

Jon Stewart, the comedian who turned Comedy Central’s ‘The Daily Show’ into a sharp-edged nightly commentary on the news, the people behind it and the media reporting (and sometimes misreporting) it, said on Tuesday that he would step down from…

A Must Read. Murphy’s Law: Because as Journalists We All Live in Glass Houses. Check Out This Series of Real Events That Left Former ABC News President David Westin Thinking That Tom Brokaw Said — On-the-Record –That Brian Williams ‘Always feels the need to embellish’ and ‘he’s known for making any story about him.’

It’s one of those OMG things, this didn’t really happen, did it? Yes it did, and it’s a must-read by TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross, that you can get to by clicking here.

Murphy’s Law: Because as Journalists We All Live in Glass Houses. Check Out This Series of Real Events That Left Former ABC News President David Westin Thinking That Tom Brokaw Said — On-the-Record — That Brian Williams ‘Always feels the need to embellish’ and ‘he’s known for making any story about him.’

Cue Jon Stewart. Even he might not believe this one, but it’s absolutely true. Mike Allen is the chief White House correspondent for Politico. He’s got a resume a mile long as a very credible journalist, formerly at Time magazine…

Must-See Video: Bill O’Reilly Paints Two Scenarios for Jimmy Kimmel. In One, Brian Williams Keeps His Job. In the Other One, He Loses It

Must-See Video 2: Jon Stewart’s Take on Brian Williamsgate — Stewart Has Rarely Been More On-Target and, Simultaneously, Laugh-Out-Loud Funny

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