From Jim Metrock: This news article is from 1989, the year Channel One was still being tested in seven pilot schools. Massachusetts never liked Channel One. Still today, the company has little presence in the state. How odd to now have an old Boston firm like Houghton Mifflin owning Channel One. Houghton...
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From Jim Metrock: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt says they inspire curiosity every day. As a major supplier of educational resources, I am sure they inspire millions of students to be more curious daily. However, this month the company itself did a very curious thing: they acquired the pariah of US education – Channel One. Why would...
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May 28, 2014 From Jim Metrock: I wrote this article 7 years ago. Primedia had just transferred Channel One News to Alloy Media and Marketing. Channel One’s owners, Primedia, admitted Channel One had little value. “De minimis” value if you will. I wonder how much value Channel One has added to itself in the years since being valued at...
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Alabama schools chief Tommy Bice urged to pull plug on Channel One Marie Leech al.comon August 06, 2012 at 6:30 AM Channel One screen capture image from its website. BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — A Boston-based nonprofit group is asking Alabama school Superintendent Tommy Bice to suspend the use of Channel...
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Sloppy, unprofessional storytelling is now part of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Share this video: http://youtu.be/G-ptO6vFAaY
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From Jim Metrock: Absolutely nothing is as it seems with Channel One News. This campaign looks like a noble effort of getting faster Internet connections into schools. And it is, but they are primarily looking after their corporate interests and not the interests of students. Channel One News used to...
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How can so few, lose so much, in so short a period of time? From Jim Metrock: In 1996 when I first found out about Channel One, David Tanzer was their CEO. David Tanzer 5 years David Tanzer was CEO during the Golden Age of Channel One (1993-1997). While the company...
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LIVE BY THE HYPE, DIE BY THE HYPE AN EMPIRE UNDONE The Wild Rise and Hard Fall of Chris Whittle By Vance H. Trimble Birch Lane 353pp $24.95 His empire and reputation in tatters, erstwhile media magnate Christopher Whittle in October, 1994, tapped out a 1,500-word mea culpa for the...
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From Jim Metrock: Martin Christie has been Channel One’s main Alabama lobbyist since 1998. Martin was a friend of mine. In fact he sort of worked for me at one time. He was the lobbyist for the Associated Industries of Alabama and the Business Council of Alabama when I was a board...
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