Chuck Ross

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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.

If You’re a Baby Boomer He Was a Major Player in Your TV Upbringing: The Star of ‘Bat Masterson’ (’58-’61), ‘Burke’s Law’ (’63-’66) and ‘The Name of the Game’ (’68-’71), Gene Barry, Dies at 90

Gene Barry, who was ubiquitous on the TV dial for over four decades, has died at age 90, the New York Times reports. If you’re a baby boomer, you grew up with him in his starring roles in "Bat Masterson,"…

Gene Barry and Guest Star Annette Funicello on ‘Burke’s Law’ from the Swingin’ ’60s

Trade Pub Variety Starts Building Pay Wall For Its Web Site Starting Today

Starting today, Dec 10, the venerable Hollywood trade publication Variety has started to rebuild a pay wall around its site. Though the site has been free to all comers for several years now, it had tried–and abandoned–a pay wall model…

Anthea Disney, Well-Respected Top News Corp. Executive, Leaving at Year’s End

Anthea Disney, News Corp’s EVP of Content, will be leaving the company at the end of the year, it was announced today. Disney, who was in charge of TV Guide when News Corp. owned it, has been with the company…

Top Sports Illustrated Golf Writers Are Upset That Revelations About Tiger Woods from TMZ and Other Celebrity News Sites Are Being Treated as Legitimate

The top golf writers from Sports Illustrated, in a recent roundtable discussion, dissed the Tiger Woods news coming from TMZ and other celebrity sites. The roundtable, posted at golf.com, can be read here. A summary of the roundtable is available…

With AOL Spinning Off From Time Warner Today, Former TW CEO Jerry Levin Still Defends Merger

Gerald Levin, the former CEO of Time Warner who, along with then AOL CEO Steve Case, crafted the joining of the two companies, still defends the validity of the merger at the time he did the deal. Levin, who was…

Ad Age Editor Jonah Bloom Leaving; Klaassen to Run Edit Operations

Jonah Bloom is leaving his position as the editor of Advertising Age, the publication has announced. Hi will become CEO and editor-in-chief of Breaking Media LLC. Concurrently, Ad Age announced that Abbey Klaassen has been promoted to executive editor, in charge…