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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.

Amy Pascal Steps Down From Sony

“Amid the fallout of the Sony hacking crisis,Amy Pascal will step down from her post as co-chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment,” reports the Hollywood Reporter. The story continues, “The move has been widely expected ever since the studio became engulfed in one…

Is Apple Planning on Launching a Search Engine, and if So, Should Google Be Worried?

The Cult of Mac website has found a reference to a project manager Apple is looking for “to work on ‘a search platform supporting hundreds of millions of users’ and ‘play a part in revolutionizing how people use their computers…

Time For Your Fun Quiz of the Day. Leading the List of the Top 25 Social Brands Is the Co-Owner of Some Cable Networks. Bet You Can’t Guess What Brand It Is. (Hint–It is NOT Comcast/NBCU, News Corp./Fox,Time Warner/Turner, Viacom or Disney. And It’s Not Discovery Communications or the A+E Nets or the AMC Nets. Hurry–that Final Jeopardy! Music is Almost Over…)

  A new listing of the Top 25 Social Brands for 2014 has a company that owns some cable networks at No. 1 — and you might have a hard time guessing who it is. Multichannel News reports that the…

Jenna Elfman Starring in Sitcom Pilot

An actress best known for her lead role in a hit ABC comedy has found a new star vehicle at Fox. Deadline.com reports that Jenna Elfman, who played Dharma in ABC’s “Dharma & Greg” from 1997-2002, was cast in the lead role…

You Are Either Gonna Want to Do This Right Now or Wait to Watch It On-AIr This Sunday: It’s the Opening Sequence of the Midseason Premiere of ‘The Walking Dead’

‘Walking Dead’ Midseason Premiere: Watch the Opening Sequence AMC has released a clip featuring the opening sequence from the upcoming midseason premiere of its megahit series “The Walking Dead.” The video, posted on YouTube, includes the first two minutes of…

iPhone vs. Android: There’s a New No. 1

There’s a new leader in smartphones, based on the latest sales figures for the U.S. market. TechCrunch reports that Apple’s iPhone has overtaken sales of Android devices for the first time since 2012. The change at the top of the…

Longtime Producer Exits CNN Program

The veteran producer of a CNN program has left the show, according to a report by the New York Post’s Page Six. The publication reports that Sujata Thomas has exited the weekly public affairs show “Fareed Zakaria GPS.” Thomas will…

FCC Chairman Wheeler Declares that He Backs Net Neutrality and Why He Thinks the Internet Needs to be Regulated Like a Public Utility To Do So

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler explained his reasoning in an opinion piece that was published by Wired magazine online today. In his piece, the Chairman writes, “Broadband network operators have an understandable motivation to manage their network to maximize…

Brian Williams Apologizes On-Air For Saying He Was in a Helicopter During the Iraq War That Had Been Hit By a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG). Turns Out He Was Not in That Helicopter.

Brian Williams told a story on the “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams” last week that had him on a helicopter that had been fired upon during the Iraq War. He apologized on-air tonight (see below), saying that he was…

At Some Point Over-The-Top Video Services Tied to ‘Star Wars’ and Marvel Might Make Sense, Disney CEO Iger Says, But Not Right Now

Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger has hinted “at a future in which Disney would go direct-to-consumer with its lucrative content properties,” reports Video Ink. The story adds that in a conference call to discuss earnings with investors “Iger said…