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This article is from April 25, 2013: Spring house cleaning continues at marketing company Channel One. A look back at the man who loved to connect advertisers with children. In the early 2000’s when he was Channel One’s VP of Sales Kent Haehl knew that there was an obesity crisis developing among...
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Advocates for commercial-free schools cheer as Channel One signs off Thursday, July 5, 2018 Contact: David Monahan, CCFC ([email protected]; 617-896-9397) Advocates for commercial-free schools cheer as Channel One signs off Kids lost learning time to in-class broadcasts with corporate marketing BOSTON, MA — July 5, 2018 — Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has announced the end...
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Channel One Going Dark CCFC celebrates end of commercial classroom news service John Eggerton Opponents of Channel One News are celebrating the announcement by Houghton Mifflin that it is pulling the plug on the in-classroom broadcast service. For full story. https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/channel-one-going-dark
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From Jim Metrock: Make no mistake, I, like most people am thrilled with the death of Channel One News. The end should have come a long time ago for this miserable commercial exploiter of schoolchildren. Channel One News employees saw students mainly as nothing more than a target market. However, it is a little...
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From Jim Metrock: Here’s Channel One’s statement. It was published on Twitter yesterday, June 27, 2018 – the official death date for the company. Ms. Angela Hunter has been listed as Channel One’s executive producer for many years, yet...
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From Jim Metrock: The long battle against the kiddie marketers at Channel One New is over. Congratulations to all the parents and educators that have fought for some many years to expose this company. More information as I get it. What a glorious day for schoolchildren across the country.
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From Jim Metrock: The controversial Skoollive marketing firm is now trying to get young people to market stuff to other young people. Students, like everyone else, are influenced by their peers. Skoollive simply wants to monetize that influence. I can see it already. “Hey, kid, try this product and tell your friends through...
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All smiles and giggles with another year of commercially exploiting schoolchildren under their belts. The primary job of these Channel One yahoos is to sell stuff to teens and preteens. Each of them is tremendously accomplished at their kiddie marketing jobs. Each of them knows, or should know, they are especially hurting children in lower-income...
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Note: Obligation, Inc. published this on November 8, 2006: PRIMEDIA Reports Third Quarter 2006 Results Tuesday November 7, 8:30 am ET “However, the magnitude of other challenges has increased, causing us to reduce 2006 guidance. Channel One is having a worse-than-expected 2006 selling season. Enthusiast Media’s International Automotive category continues to decline as the...
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From Jim Metrock: Channel One used to broadcast into June, but they stopped that a few years ago. It was just too much work. The lazy employees at Channel One News have signed off today for the remainder of May, all of June and July and a few weeks of August. No need to...
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From Jim Metrock: It’s rare to see high school students participate in a Channel One News stunt. Usually, students just out of elementary school love to send in their “shout outs” so they can see themselves on the classroom TV screen. However, Northeastern High School students in Springfield, OH had some middle school-fun by filming...
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From Jim Metrock: Channel One News has a well-earned reputation for laziness and sloth. If a young person wants to do as little as they possible and still be called a “reporter” there is only one place to go: Channel One News. Let me show you something interesting. Watch this video of a news...
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Email sent to Livingston Parish school board members. —— VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Bah4FWweSUE Dear School Board Member, It appears that some of your classrooms are still showing the controversial Channel One TV show. Only a decreasing minority of American school districts are still bringing this company’s advertising into classrooms. More than likely a previous board experimented with Channel...
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From Jim Metrock: Bill Nye appeared on Channel One News yesterday. He was there to promote science to young viewers. And he was there to promote his brand. Mr. Nye has been a very successful self-promoter for decades. Having absolutely no training as a scientist, he has been phenomenally successful in creating the misleading...
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From Jim Metrock: The article below is from November 15, 2005. Since that time I have been to Italy and I still like Rome, Georgia better. I recently contacted the Rome City school district and found out that Channel One News is gone from its schools. I don’t know when it was given the...
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From Skoollive’s website:
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From Jim Metrock: This is from SkoolLive’s newly redesigned website. Elementary kiosks. Look at the age of these children. SkoolLive chose this photograph. This was no accident. Are two of these children first graders or younger? What are the geniuses at SkoolLive going to sell to first-graders?
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From Jim Metrock: SkoolLive is a company that refuses to die. After closing down their website for several days, SkoolLive is back online. Check out the incredibly resistant school marketers at www.skoollive.com. That’s correct. They continue to insist on misspelling “school.”
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It’s all about the advertising, baby.
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VIDEO: Helen Knight Elementary School promo video for Channel One March 7 2018 From Jim Metrock: Each of these students should have been paid between $170 and $250 f0r their performance in a scripted commercial for Channel One. Did Grand County school officials get informed, written consent from all parents before plastering their child’s...
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