Digital Hollywood Spring, March, 2006 Speaker Alex Ben Block, Author and Entertainment Industry Journalist Alex Ben Block – Entertainment industry journalist, author, broadcaster and show business historian. He was Editor of two top Hollywood trades, "TelevisionWeek," and The Hollywood Reporter," and was Associate Editor of Forbes Magazine. He was a columnist in Detroit and a movie critic in Miami. He has served as Executive Director of the Los Angeles Press Club and is heard weekly on NPR affiliate KPCC-FM’s "Call Sheet."