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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.

Wow! One Company Just Became the First Ever to Be Worth a Trillion Dollars

See if you can guess which company just became the first in the world to reach a $1 trillion valuation. The New York Post reports that Apple accomplished the feat today, nine months after it became the first ever to…

Death of a Hollywood Studio: Leonard Maltin Pays Tribute to 20th Century Fox

On the heels of the July 27 sale of 20th Century Fox’s entertainment assets to Disney, film historian and author Leonard Maltin has a piece running in The Hollywood Reporter that revisits the historic studio’s “wild early days, a predator…

Michael Kelly, a Favorite of ‘House of Cards’ Fans, to Become a Regular on Another Series

Actor Michael Kelly, who has been an impact player in the role of Doug Stamper on “House of Cards,” is joining “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” as a series regular in the show’s second season, Deadline reports. Kelly’s casting follows the…

TV Station Groups Hit With Antitrust Suits

Following reports last week that a number of television station groups were under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice over alleged collusion in the setting of advertising rates, Variety reports that a series of class action lawsuits have been…

Musician’s Former Home Added to Register of Historic Places

The boyhood home of a well-known musician was added Wednesday to the Register of Historic Places for the state of Arkansas. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the honor was bestowed on the former home of Levon Helm in Marvell. Helm,…

CBS Takes Action on Moonves Investigation

The CBS Board of Directors announced Wednesday evening that it voted unanimously to retain the firms Covington & Burling and Debevoise & Plimpton to “conduct a full investigation of the allegations in recent press reports about Chairman and CEO Leslie…

Charlie Sheen Says He’s Been Blacklisted

Actor Charlie Sheen, who once pulled in a massive paycheck for his work on the CBS hit “Two and a Half Men,” says he has been “blacklisted from many aspects of the entertainment industry.” People reports that the claim appears…

Spotify Pulls ‘Hate Content’ From Controversial Media Personality

The music streaming service Spotify has pulled the plug on podcast episodes from controversial media personality Alex Jones for what the service calls a violation of its hate content policy, the AP reports. The service reportedly pulled some episodes of…

Jack Osbourne Accused of Punching His Estranged Wife’s New Boyfriend

Jack Osbourne, who is currently appearing with his famous dad Ozzy Osbourne on “Ozzy and Jack’s World Detour!,” reportedly got into a hassle with his estranged wife and punched her new boyfriend in the head, according to TMZ. “Jack went…

Not for the Squeamish: Fox Releases Intense Preview for ‘9-1-1’

Fox has just posted an intense preview for season two of its drama “9-1-1,” which premieres over two nights — Sunday, Sept. 23, and Monday, Sept. 24. Here’s the clip …