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.

CNN Suspends Journalist After He’s Caught Committing Plagiarism

CNN suspended a journalist Friday after he admitted to plagiarizing a piece in the New Yorker about gun control for an article he wrote in Time magazine, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. The journalist is Fareed Zakaria. The…

Veteran Publicist Who Managed Jack Benny and George Burns Dies at 101

A veteran studio publicist who worked as the manager for Jack Benny and later George Burns has died, reports Deadline.com. Irving Fein was 101. Fein started in show business after graduating with a law degree and opting to work in…

Ryan Seacrest, CBS and Former Co-Chairman of NBC Entertainment All Interested in Buying the Company That Produces the Golden Globes Broadcast

Ryan Seacrest, CBS and the former chairman of NBC Entertainment are all interesting in buying the compay that produces the Golden Globes broadcast, reports Reuters.com. The company up for sale is Dick Clark Productions. Says the story, "CBS Corp is considering…

NBC Developing Drama About Cleopatra

A drama about ancient Egypt’s famed queen Cleopatra is in development at NBC, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. NBC has ordered a put pilot from ABC Studios and Lorenzo Di Bonaventura Pictures, with writer Michael Seitzman of "North Country" writing the…

‘Celebrity Big Brother’ Cast Member Becomes Real-World Hero

A "Celebrity Big Brother" cast member became a real-world hero Thursday night, reports the New York Daily News. Stephen Baldwin came to the aid of a young woman suffering a seizure, according to the report. Baldwin was at the Peninsula…

JC Penney Looks to Newspapers in Revamped Marketing Push — Second-Quarter Sales Skid 23%; Retailer Reports $147 Million Loss

By Natalie Zmuda Advertising Age In the wake of bleak second-quarter results, JC Penney says it is shifting its marketing from brand building to business building. During a meeting with analysts to discuss second-quarter results, CEO Ron Johnson detailed the…

JC Penney to Cut Back on Television Advertising

JC Penney will be shifting its advertising spending away from television and into print, reports Advertising Age, citing Chief Executive Ron Johnson, who spoke with analysts to discuss the company’s second-quarter results. "In many ways we were trying to build…

Nickelodeon Cancels ‘Victorious’ After Three Seasons. Show Creator Dan Schneider Says If It Was Up to Him He Would Have Loved to Continue the Series

Nickelodeon’s "Victorious" will end its run after its upcoming third season – which is scheduled to air this fall – the network has announced, reports Deadline.com. According to Deadline, this is what "Victorious" creator Dan Schneider posted on his blog about…

Romney Picks Congressman Paul Ryan as VP Choice

"NORFOLK — Mitt Romney has selected Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his vice presidential running mate, introducing the seven-term congressman and architect of Republicans’ budget-cutting plans at a spirited rally on the deck of a battleship here Saturday morning,"reports…

Writer Bret Easton Ellis Stirs Controversy With Comments About Potential ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Actor

Novelist Bret Easton Ellis stepped into a controversy this week with a series of tweets focused on what Easton Ellis sees as a problem with actor Matt Borner potentially being cast in a film version of the bestseller “Fifty Shades…