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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.
Even with two stooges already confirmed and the third close to being set, casting news surrounding the upcoming Farrelly brothers “Three Stooges” movie continues to percolate. The latest word is that “Glee” star Jane Lynch reportedly has signed to play…
Media giant Viacom issued a rosy financial report today, highlighted by profits that beat Wall Street expectations and growth in the cable segment, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Operating income for media networks was up 13% to $806 million for…
Weather Channel Cos. Chief Executive Mike Kelly says the company’s digital offerings are “going through the roof." More than 40% of the company’s total advertising stems from digital, Kelly said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. The channel…
After Major League Baseball took over operations of the Los Angeles Dodgers and put a TV deal with Fox on hold, Dodgers owner Frank McCourt said he’s "not going anywhere," reports Bloomberg. McCourt is considering suing over the takeover ordered…
Despite seeing ratings fall about 10%, broadcast television could have an advertising windfall at this year’s upfront, reports TheWrap.com. Advertisers who sat out last year’s upfront market are now paying as much as 30% more for time in the scatter…
Members of the Writers Guild of America voted to approve a new three-year contract that provides increases in contributions to the guild’s pension plan and higher residual payments in pay TV, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The…
"A cast member of "Glee" is the latest TV star to sign up for the Farrelly brothers’ upcoming "Three Stooges" movie, reports EW.com. According to the article, "Glee’s" Jane Lynch "will play Mother Superior, the nun who takes care of the troubled…
In a major hacking incident, Sony has been dealt what is being described as “a significant short-term blow,” with both its PlayStation Network and its Qriocity on-demand television service affected, Deadline.com reports. The incident, attributed to a lone hacker, is…
At a widely televised news conference designed to squelch the “birther” issue and put to rest a media frenzy stirred up largely by Donald Trump, President Obama on Wednesday revealed his birth certificate and used the opportunity to take a…
ABC’s cancellation of daytime dramas "All My Children" and "One Life to Live" may have opened the door for soap operas on rival networks to bring new blood to their lineups, according to a report on Deadline.com. NBC’s "Days of…