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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.
General Electric has worked out an exit deal for NBC Universal Chief Executive Jeff Zucker after the entertainment unit closes its merger with Comcast, giving him a package between $30 million to $40 million, the New York Post reports. The…
NBC Universal’s Bravo Media has a new president, a position that was last filled two years ago. Just named President, Bravo Media is the well-liked and well-respected Frances Berwick, who has been Executive Vice President and General Manager for Bravo…
Starting Monday, June 7th, 2010, AT&T will be offering new data plans for its iPhone and iPad customers,Apple Insider reports. According to the article, "AT&T announced this week that a new data plan for iPhone owners, dubbed "DataPro," will be…
A really smart 21 year-old young woman from Long Island, who started working on her engineering Ph.D when she was 18, thinks she knows how to stop the oil leak hemorrhage off the Louisiana coast, reports The New York Post….
The independent Salt Lake City station of KJZZ-TV has scrapped its newscasts, reports B&C. KJZZ, whose 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. newscasts were produced by KUTV, didn’t return calls, nor did KUTV. The station’s Website says that "Scrubs" now has…
Three Saudi youths featured on an MTV reality program may face charges of "openly declaring sin" in their home country, reports The New York Times. "True Life – Resist the Power, Saudi Arabia," which aired last month, featured interviews with…
Congress is taking the unusual step of putting its probe of the Comcast-NBCU merger on the road with a hearing in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog reports. The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing about…
Warner Bros. TV has made several promotions to firm up its programming team, reports The Hollywood Reporter. According to the article, after helping develop ABC’s "V," Clancy Collins White was bumped up to senior vice president drama development and will…
NBC has scheduled an hourlong "inspirational" program this summer featuring self-help writer Tony Robbins, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. The series will debut at 8 p.m. on July 27 and feature Robbins and a team of his…
An HBO comedy pilot has tapped Jason Patric in his first television role, where he’ll co-star opposite Diane Keaton, reports Nellie Andreeva on Deadline.com. Patric will play Andrew Brown, the man behind the media empire RMG and a nemesis to…