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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.
Facebook is trying to trademark the word "face," according to TechCrunch. However, at least one other report about the story, by CNNMoney, quotes an attorney saying that Facebook faces an uphill battle in its attempt. ""I’d bet against ‘face’ being…
With the money invested in oiriginal TV content in the United Kingdom falling about $460 million in the last six years, the director general of the BBC says the future of TV drama in the U.K. depends upon making shows…
A TV station, radio station and newspaper in Salt Lake City are combining their news operations in a move that will mean a cutback of half the staff of the newspaper, the AP reports. The Deseret News, the longest-publishing daily…
Bravo has revealed the cast of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” and the lineup is a recipe for high drama, iVillage reports. Among the cast members are Camille Grammer, Kelsey Grammer’s ex; and former child actresses Kim Richards and…
Apple appears to be close to unveiling a hardware fix that solves the widely publicized antenna problem with the iPhone 4, Ars Technica reports. Citing an executive with Mexican mobile carrier Telcel, the story says Apple is expected to release…
The carriage agreement standoff between AT&T’s U-verse multichannel video service and the Hallmark channels is yet to be resolved, but at least the two sides have resumed talks, reports B&C. Currently, Hallmark is asking for more than AT&T wants to…
The hostile takeover bid by businessman Carl Icahn for Lions Gate Entertainment was increased by 15% on Tuesday to $7.50 a share, reports Multichannel News. Lions Gate is a major entertainment player, owning the TV Guide Channel and producing two…
NFL fans know that Troy Polamalu’s mane is his trademark, which is why the Pittsburgh Steelers’ All-Pro safety has had his hair insured for $1 million by Head & Shoulders, reports Yahoo.com. Polamalu is the star of commercials for Head…
A two-time Academy Award nominee is the latest star to join Showtime’s new one-hour drama series "Shameless." The new cast member is actress Joan Cusack, who received Oscar nominations for "Working Girl" and "In & Out." Cusack will appear in…
CBS reruns of "Two and a Half Men" and "The Big Bang Theory" were the top shows in the Nielsens Monday night, with ratings of 2.6 and 2.8, respectively, in the 18-49 demographic, while ABC’s second hour of "Bachelor Pad"…