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Chuck Ross

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.

House of Rep. Votes to Legislate Volume of TV Commercials

The United States House of Representatives voted today to approve a measure that would control the volume level of commercials, the Associated Press reports. According to the article, the bill, "is aimed at stopping TV ads from playing noticeably louder…

Pioneer Televangelist, Internationally Known, Dies at 91

One of the pioneer televangelists, who started preaching on TV in 1955, has died. Oral Roberts, who would have been 92 next month, died of complications from pneumonia in Newport Beach, Calif., according to the Associated Press. According to a…

Tiger Woods Bet: Largest Betting House in Ireland Makes Book on Which Advertiser Will Drop Woods Next–Guess Who’s the Favorite at 7 to 4

Irish bookmaker Paddy Power, the largest bookmaker in Ireland (it’s legal there) is taking bets as to which of the companies that Tiger Woods has endorsements  will drop him next. Leading the pack is AT&T at 7/4, meaning that if…

Nike Chairman Phil Knight: Tiger’s ‘Indiscretions’ Are a ‘Minor Blip’

Nike chairman and co-founder Phil Knight says that when Tiger Woods’ career is over "you’ll look back on these indiscretions as a minor blip," according to an interview Knight did with Tripp Mickle of the SportsBusiness Journal. Woods is the…

Press Release on Rentrak Starting Local TV Measurement Service Based on Set-Top Box Data

The following is a press release from Rentrak: THREE WICHITA TV STATIONS BEGIN TO USE RENTRAK — Sunflower Broadcasting, Inc. Signs Multi-Year Measurement Agreement with Rentrak for Its StationView Essentials Service for CBS, CW and Univision Affiliate Stations– PORTLAND, OR—December…

TVWeek Picks the Internet Site of the Year

Looking back at many of the big stories of the year, from the death of Michael Jackson to the news that Comcast was going to buy NBC to the Tiger Woods post-Thanksgiving night driving incident and subsequent scandal, it’s a…

Gillette Shaves Tiger Off of Spots; Accenture Decides Road to High Performance isn’t Wooded

In two moves that could cost Tiger Woods million of dollars, Accenture said it would part ways with the beleagured golf star, and Gillette said it would limit Woods’ marketing presence. According to the New York Times, "In a telephone…

Continuation of our story about TVWeek’s 2009 Internet Site of the Year, TMZ.com

(Click here to read the first page of this story) Levin: Well, [we get our scoops] by doing journalism. It is just that simple at its root. We do old fashion journalism. With Tiger Woods, we came in during the Thanksgiving…

Tiger Woods Infidelity Breaks Up a Truly Beautiful Ad Relationship

For any of us who travel a lot—meaning that we pass through many airports—one of the joys in the past five years or so have been those huge, absolutely gorgeous ads for Accenture featuring Tiger Woods. You know the ones: They…

Tiger Woods to Take Indefinite Leave from Golf; Move Could Cost Millions to Those Nets That Carry Golf Events He’ll Miss

In a move that could cost millions of dollars to the networks that air golf  tournaments that Tiger Woods usually plays in, Woods announced today that he is taking "an indefinite break from professional golf." Golf tournaments in which Woods…