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.

AOL Seeks Heidi Klum’s Advice in Million-Dollar Content Deal–Ad Age Talks to the Supermodel About Her How-to-Video Partnership That Lets People ‘Speak to the Horse’s Mouth’

AOL began publishing its content partnership with fashion model Heidi Klum today, AOL’s latest celebrity acquisition and a key part of CEO Tim Armstrong’s strategy to attract more female readers. As a sign of Mr. Armstrong’s eager interest in celebrity-branded…

Fans Try Another Tactic In Campaign to Save Canceled ABC Soaps

Soap Fans United, a grassroots campaign to save "All My Children" and "One Life to Live" from ABC cancellation, shifted to a new tactic, going after the ABC affiliates in an effort to apply pressure to the network to reverse…

Current TV Launches ’50 Documentaries to See Before You Die’

Current TV announced it is launching a series that will count down the most important documentaries of the past 25 years. “50 Documentaries to See Before You Die,” which kicks off Aug. 1, will be hosted by documentary filmmaker Morgan…

As Users Learn to Accept Commercials, YouTube Expands Opportunities for Advertisers to Buy Video Space

YouTube is opening the door a little wider for advertisers to buy space to air video on the website, The New York Times reports in its Media Decoder column. The move comes as users are, perhaps reluctantly, learning to accept…

Consumers Embracing TV Apps–Samsung Says 5 Million of Its TV Apps Have Been Downloaded

Samsung says 5 million of its TV apps have been downloaded, B&C reports. According to the article, "In a move that highlights the growing consumer embrace of connected TVs, Samsung Electronics Co. has announced that the Samsung Apps store has…

Ouster of NBC Sports Icon Ebersol Sends a Message About Comcast Corporate Culture

The departure last week of NBC Sports Group Chairman Dick Ebersol was a "not-so-subtle message to other top NBCUniversal executives: Get with the program or hit the road," writes Joe Flint in the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. Ebersol…

Why Julianna Margulies Is Hurling the ‘A-Word’ at TV Execs

Julianna Margulies, an Emmy winner for “ER” and the star of the critically acclaimed CBS series "The Good Wife," condemned TV executives for scheduling shows starring women against each other, reports The Huffington Post. Citing the perceived ratings battle between…