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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.
In an announcement made by Bob Schieffer on "Face the Nation," CBS has named a new chief White House correspondent, reports TVNewser.com. Former Fox News Channel fixture Major Garrett was picked for the job. Garrett, who left Fox News two…
Rupert Murdoch is facing criticism that he issued an anti-Semitic message after he wrote in a tweet that the "Jewish-owned press" is favoring Hamas over Israel in news coverage of the Gaza conflict, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder….
An Emmy-winning writer of "Guiding Light," who was also part of the Emmy-nominated team of writers from "All My Children" earlier this year, has died at 75. Barbara Esensten died Nov. 14 due to complications from a cerebral aneurysm. According…
Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings claims rival Amazon.com is losing between $500 million and $1 billion a year as it buys streaming video content rights, reports The Wall Street Journal’s AllThingsD. Hastings said he came up with the numbers based…
Former Fox and Discovery executive Peter Liguori will be named to lead Tribune Co. when it emerges from bankruptcy, reports the Chicago Tribune, which is owned by the Chicago-based media company. On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission signed off on…
Kelsey Grammer’s Grammnet Productions has sold a young-adult drama to MTV, based on a novel called "Blackwood," reports Deadline.com. The book, which was published in September by Angry Robot Books, is about a 19-year-old who investigates a mass disappearance that…
NBC’s Thanksgiving day NFL game — which will mark the first NFL game to be broadcast in prime time on the holiday — is scoring advertising rates near $1 million, reports Adweek. "Every single spot in the game — and…
Despite some projections that Apple would have an all-in-one TV set on the market in time for the holidays, it is looking unlikely, the New York Post reports, citing the poor state of the television set market may as a…
The California Supreme Court denied an appeal from former "Desperate Housewives" star Nicollette Sheridan, representing another defeat for the actress in her wrongful termination lawsuit, reports Deadline.com. The actress suffered a defeat in September, when the California 2nd District Court…
CBS has made the decision to cancel a comedy series, Deadline.com reports. The show, which has been airing since Sept. 24, is “Partners.” The decision comes after the sitcom sank to an all-time low Monday night, with a 1.8 average…