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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.
News Corp. announced today that James Murdoch, the son of News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, has resigned from his position as executive chairman of the company’s U.K. publishing unit News International. News International CEO Tom Mockridge will retain…
The three co-creators of "Glee" have an upcoming project that will star Beyonce, Reese Witherspoon, Cameron Diaz, Gwyneth Paltrow and Andy Samberg, reports Mike Fleming at Deadline.com. The project is a musical comedy called "One Hit Wonders," and Sony is…
Following in the footsteps of its “Downton Abbey,” ITV has announced plans for a new 10-part drama series, “Mr. Selfridge,” based on the life of American businessman Harry Gordon Selfridge, Deadline.com reports. "’Mr. Selfridge’ will trace the life of the…
CBS Corp. CEO Leslie Moonves said he expects the network’s advertising prices to rise by double digits in the next upfront, B&C reports. "I think we’re in that kind of marketplace and we’ve got that kind of ratings story," Moonves…
“The Lone Ranger,” the movie remake of the television series, which was shelved last summer and resurrected after producers agreed to make budget cuts, started filming Tuesday, according to TheWrap.com. The Walt Disney film, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed…
World War II veteran Lynn D. "Buck" Compton, who was portrayed by actor Neal McDonough in the HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers,” died Feb. 25 at the age of 90, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "Compton became famous in his…
"An auction of 15 Oscars from Hollywood’s golden era has produced record-breaking receipts of more than $3 million," reports The Guardian. Included in the auction was one of the two Oscars won by the classic movie "Citizen Kane," as well as…
Director Michael Mann (“Heat,” “The Insider”) will work with HBO on a documentary series about the lives of combat photographers, according to The New York Times. "HBO said on Tuesday that it had ordered a nonfiction series titled ‘Witness’ that…
A popular singer has had a concert canceled because of a tattoo, BBC News reports. A publicity photo for R&B singer Erykah Badu appears to show the word “Allah” in Arabic tattooed on her shoulders, and that was too much…
Sen. John McCain made it clear he’s not a fan of HBO’s upcoming movie about his failed 2008 presidential campaign — even though he hasn’t seen the film. TheWrap.com reports that McCain says he will not be watching "Game Change,"…