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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.

Hulu Hits Subscriber Milestone, Announces Plan to Introduce Ads to Live TV

The Hulu streaming service made several key announcements today, including revealing that it has surpassed 20 million U.S. subscribers. The service also announced that it will soon introduce advertising in live TV. “Beginning later this quarter, Hulu will begin offering…

Use Your Eagle Scout Skills to Figure Out Which Famous Organization Is Dropping the Word ‘Boy’ From the Name of Its Flagship Program

A U.S. organization that has had the word “Boy” in its name for more than a century is taking a big step toward becoming gender neutral. USA Today reports that the Boy Scouts of America will drop the “Boy” from…

Season Two of Amazon Prime Original ‘Goliath’ Premieres on June 15 on Prime Video

Press release from Amazon Prime, May 2, 2018: Amazon Prime Video today announced the second season of its Prime Original series Goliath, starring Golden Globe winner Billy Bob Thornton, will return on Friday, June 15. Thornton will reprise his role…

Hulu Surges Past 20 Million U.S. Subscribers and Announces Plans to Offer Advertising in Live TV This Quarter

Press release from Hulu, May 2, 2018: Today, during the Hulu 18 Presentation at the newly-named Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, executives took the stage to reveal the company’s rapid growth, announce multiple original programming and exclusive acquisition deals…

Like President Trump, Tom Brokaw Attacks the Media Messenger

NBC News’ special correspondent Tom Brokaw’s now public email of April 27th ferociously attacked former NBC News correspondent Linda Vester’s account of several encounters they had. Vester, 52, in the pages of both the Washington Post and Variety the day…

The Weinstein Co. Is Sold

The bidding is over in the bankruptcy sale of The Weinstein Co., with the company declaring Tuesday that Lantern Capital was the winning bidder. Variety reports that a late bid by Broadway producer Howard Kagan was turned away. “The company…

New Rape Allegation Against Harvey Weinstein

Fallen movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been hit with new allegations of sexual assault from a producer on the Netflix series “Marco Polo.” CNN reports that Alexandra Canosa filed a lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court accusing Weinstein of rape, physical…

NBC News Issues Guidance Memo to Staffers on How Brokaw Story Is to Be Handled

“On Monday, NBC News staffers received a memo with guidance from the network’s standards and practices on how to handle reporting a sensitive story about sexual harassment allegations against Tom Brokaw,” Variety reports. The report features a copy of a…

Report: New York Times Editor Resigns Following Investigation

The New York Times’ Metro editor resigned Monday following what’s described as an investigation involving several women, The New York Post reports, citing unnamed sources. “Wendell Jamieson is quitting ‘after an investigation,’ Executive Editor Dean Baquet and Managing Editor Joseph…

Third Woman Comes Forward With Allegation Against Tom Brokaw

“A third woman has come forward to accuse longtime NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw of making an unwanted advance toward her early on in her journalism career,” The New York Daily News reports. “Mary Reinholz claims in a new first-person…