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.

Mel Karmazin Departs Sirius XM Ahead of Schedule

Mel Karmazin has stepped down from Sirius XM Radio earlier than expected, as the company has appointed James E. Meyer as its interim chief executive officer, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. As previously reported, Karmazin was expected to…

Martha Stewart Living CEO Gets the Hook After Five Months

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is getting a new chief executive just five months after it tapped Lisa Gersh to revive the company’s media properties, reports the New York Post. Gersh, a former television executive and co-founder of Oxygen Media, was…

BBC America Orders Talk Show Based on Podcast

BBC America has ordered a television talk show based on the "Nerdist" podcast from Chris Hardwick, reports New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. The channel ordered a ten-episode season of the show, for a spring debut. Recent episodes of the podcast…

‘Game of Thrones’ Beer to Be Available for HBO Show’s Season 3 Premiere

In an unusual product tie-in with a TV series, HBO and Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, N.Y., are partnering to produce a new Game of Thrones beer, USA Today reports. The beverage will be available from the upstate New York brewer…

NBC Wins the Night as ‘The Voice’ Soars to a Season High

The finale of NBC’s singing competition “The Voice” surged in the Nielsen ratings Tuesday night, based on overnight numbers, pushing the Peacock Network to an easy win in the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the two-hour finale delivered a…

Time Magazine’s Person of the Year Revealed

Time magazine has revealed its Person of the Year for 2012, and it’s a person who is claiming the title for the second time, CBS News reports. The magazine bestowed the honor on President Barack Obama, who also won it…

2013 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award Winners Announced

Press release, Dec. 19, 2012: Fourteen winners of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards were announced today by Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Five of this year’s recipients featured international reporting including stories from CBS News, Current TV, FRONTLINE…

CBS, NPR, PBS and Current TV Among Recipients of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for 2013 — We Have the Complete List of Winners

The winners of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for 2013 were announced today by Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Among the winners are CBS News, NPR, Current TV and PBS. Additionally, stations KLAS-TV in Las Vegas, WXYZ-TV in…

Sony Pictures Television Names Key Marketing Exec

Sony Pictures Television announced the appointment of a new senior vice president of marketing, networks. The company named Nathalie Lubensky to the position. Sheraton Kalouria, executive vice president & chief marketing officer for SPT, made the announcement. Additionally, Tom Keeter…

One of the Famous ‘Hitchcock Blondes’ to Appear on ‘Cougar Town’

An actress known for an iconic role in an Alfred Hitchcock movie — and for being one of the last “Hitchcock blondes” — is on her way to “Cougar Town.” TV Guide reports that Tippi Hedren, who played the lead…