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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.
With the Federal Communications Commissioon expected to finally tackle net neutrality tomorrow, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010, here’s what to expect regarding Internet traffic rules. "The rules would ban high-speed Internet providers like Comcast Corp. and Verizon Communications from blocking lawful…
Google is asking some television set manufacturers to hold off on announcing hardware based on its software, reports The New York Times. The move comes as some additional TV set makers were expected to use the Consumer Electronics Show in…
Ellis Watson, the chief executive of Simon Cowell’s Syco production company, is leaving after 10 months at the company, reports Deadline.com. While there are reports that the split comes amid Cowell’s reputation for being a hands-on manager, Watson said that…
Looks like putting on your applicaton to own a gym that you are a national celebrity on a popular TV show doesn’t always hold much sway. Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino has been barred from getting involved with a high-end gym…
Larry King’s last episode of "Larry King Live" on CNN was watched by 2.25 million viewers, reports TVByTheNumbers.com. That represents a more than 100% jump in audience from the night before, the story says. King’s show drew more total viewers…
After receiving a flood of angry tweets over a Tuesday interview with Michael Moore, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann has suspended his Twitter account, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The host of "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" spoke with Moore about his…
The spinoff of its Rainbow unit was approved by Cablevision’s board, meaning that channels including AMC and Sundance will be spun off to Cablevision shareholders in a "tax-free pro rata distribution," reports Bloomberg News. The transaction should be completed by…
CBS coasted to a Thursday night win in the ratings on the strength of "The Big Bang Theory" and “$#*! My Dad Says,” TVbytheNumbers.com reported. But the big news of the night may have been Univision’s surge, as the Spanish-language…
A new study from the University of Maryland concluded that viewers of one cable news network were "significantly more likely" than other news consumers to believe misinformation about politics, reports the Huffington Post. The network is Fox News, whose critics…
CNN says it was not the source for an Internet rumor that circulated Thursday saying that Oscar winner Morgan Freeman was dead, reports E! Online. Internet tweets and posts began appearing at about 5 p.m. ET that said CNN had…