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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.
The actress who played opposite Marlon Brando in "Last Tango in Paris’ has died at age 58, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The actress was Maria Schneider. According to the article, "A representative of the Act 1 agency said Schneider died…
It happend earlier this month, and TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross reports on this seemingly huge faux pas by Fortune, including his perspective from a 30-year career as a journalist. To read this must-read entry on journalist ethics, please click…
Charlie Sheen issued a statement on Wednesday and sent text messages to E! News, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. According to the story, his statement read, " ‘I have a lot of work to do to be able to return…
The Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, will feature an innovate ad for 20th Century Fox’s animated film "Rio," which will include an embedded code for players of a hughly popular app,Advertising Age reports. It’s a tie-in with the…
After getting pulled from the video-streaming site Hulu almost a year ago, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and the "Colbert Report" are returning to the service, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The announcement of the shows’…
With "NCIS" star Mark Harmon signing a new two-year contract to continue on the program, CBS has renewed the show for its ninth season, reports Deadline.com. According to the story, Harmon’s deal will give him more than $500,000 per episode,…
Time Warner Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes is planning an aggressive push in video-on-demand to fight Netflix, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. In a conference call with analysts on Wednesday, Bewkes said that the "digital transition in film"…
The man who created the book and television series "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams," has died, reports the BBC News. His name was Charles Sellier and he was 67. Sellier died unexpectedly at his home in Idaho, according to…
News Corp.’s second-quarter profit more than doubled, helped by a 12% rise in advertising at the company’s U.S. channels and a five-fold jump in operating profit from its television unit, Bloomberg reports. The television unit was helped by higher political…
NBC Sports veteran Dick Ebersol is quickly putting his stamp on Comcast’s sports properties, reports our friend Rich Sandomir in The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. NBC executives with ties to Ebersol are taking on new roles at the…