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.

Softbank to Buy Sprint Nextel for $20 Billion

Softbank Corp. announced today that it will buy a 70% stake in Sprint Nextel Corp. for about $20 billion, The Wall Street Journal reports. The purchase of the mobile carrier marks the largest-ever overseas acquisition by a Japanese company, the…

TV Stations Shine for Gannett as Company Beats Q3 Earnings Estimates

Strong performances by Gannett’s television stations helped overcome weakness in the company’s core newspaper business as the company beat Wall Street expectations for the third quarter, Deadline.com reports. “The company reported net income of $148.6M, up 32.9% vs the period…

YouTube Streaming of Stunt Sets Record, With 8 Million People Watching

An event streamed online over the weekend shattered a number of records — both for the event itself and for the online stream of the event. Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner’s freefall from more than 24 miles above the Earth broke…

Report: Hulu Buying Providence Equity’s Stake for $200 Million

Hulu is buying Providence Equity’s 10% stake in the company for $200 million, which places the video-streaming service’s valuation at about $2 billion, reports Bloomberg. Hulu is borrowing the money to pay for the repurchase, while Hulu Chief Executive Officer…

CBS Buys Jerry Bruckheimer Project

CBS has put into development a Jerry Bruckheimer-produced project, Deadline.com reports. The project is based on a blog called GrannyIsMyWingman.com. The project tracks a 20-something woman and her grandmother as they venture out in the dating world, the story notes….

NewsPro Salutes Environmental Journalists, 2012

In the October NewsPro we also salute Environmental Journalists as drought and destruction sweep the country. Please click here to go to the entire issue.

Top Ad Sales Exec Exits NBC

The president of sales for the NBC broadcast network announced today that she is leaving NBCUniversal, B&C reports. The announcement by Marianne Gambelli follows the promotion of Linda Yaccarino to president of ad sales for all of NBCUniversal. Yaccarino, who…