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Thanks! Bus Radio. Lil’ Jon’s raunchy CDs get major plug on Busradio.com. Obligation apologizes for what you are about to read. Unfortunately Bus Radio continues to parade some of the dirtiest acts in front of children who visit their web site. Obligation will not let Bus Radio get away with this. First you...
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Lil’ Ca$hman Davolizzz aka Robert Davoli Sigma Partner’s money man for Bus Radio. Mr. Davoli and the venture capital firm he works for, Sigma Partners (we pronounce it "STIG-ma Partners") are the big money people behind the controversial Bus Radio company. Mr. Davoli is considered a "hands on" investor. When he invests Sigma’s...
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Below are the pages of a sales binder and a Holiday Sponsor brochure BusRadio was distributing at the Kid Power Tween/Teen marketing conference at the Disney Yacht & Beach Club Resort, Orlando, FL on May 21-24, 2007. This is the side of their company that BusRadio does not want parents, school boards, and the...
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From Jim Metrock: I apologize for the content of this article. It is awful stuff. Bus Radio continues to promote raunchy music groups on its web site. I don’t know if Bus Radio is playing any bleeped out versions of this band’s songs on their bus broadcast. The company continues to stonewall any request...
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There is a real simple way to evaluate privacy policies of web sites aimed at young people: The more words, the worse it is for kids. Bus Radio has WAY too many words. People who write privacy statements often are not straightforward. That is the case with Bus Radio. We will "deconstruct" this privacy...
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Lawmakers Weigh Ban On Marketing In Schools; Critics Say Ads Increase Obesity, Family Stress http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/13434179/detail.html BOSTON — Critics say it’s an insidious threat to school children — responsible for everything from obesity and family stress to gender stereotyping and financial woes. It’s marketing, and lawmakers in Massachusetts are weighing a bill that would ban...
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Lawmakers Weigh Ban On Marketing In Schools; Critics Say Ads Increase Obesity, Family Stress http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/13434179/detail.html BOSTON — Critics say it’s an insidious threat to school children — responsible for everything from obesity and family stress to gender stereotyping and financial woes. It’s marketing, and lawmakers in Massachusetts are weighing a bill that would ban...
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Cali Carlin (second from right) says she will no longer be at Channel One. Others may be gone over the summer. Once Channel One News had eight full-time anchors. Channel One News is wrapping up their broadcast year today, Friday, May 25. Normally the last broadcast would be NEXT Friday, June 1. It is...
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"We have the same goals as children’s advocacy groups," Shulman said. "We want the children to be safe. Right now, some of the music being played on the radio is not appropriate. We don’t play any music that comes with a parental advisory on it." (This quote came from the May 21, 2007 Louisville...
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From Jim Metrock: The Jefferson County School Board in Louisville, KY chose not to consider BusRadio. There was no support for it. No board member supported the deal. The incoming superintendent was opposed. The public was opposed. Obligation salutes the Jefferson County board for doing the right thing. The Louisville Courier-Journal reported that there...
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Is Louisville ready for Steve "Wu-Tang" Shulman’s BusRadio? BusRadio needs a break. They may get it if they convince the Jefferson County school district in Louisville, KY to sign on the dotted line this coming Monday, May 21. Obligation sent the following email to board members who have email addresses on the district’s...
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Jim Metrock conducts a fake interview with Channel One’s president Judy Harris. From Jim Metrock: I have given up on actually talking with Judy Harris. I have emailed her, called her, and I have gone by her office in New York City several times (I never got past the desk in the...
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Primedia Chairman ecstatic over dumping of Channel One. Primedia’s chairman Dean Nelson answered questions about the embarrassing "sale" of Channel One during today’s First Quarter financial conference call. One analyst asked if there was any tax benefit from the sale of Channel One. After all, Primedia, then known as K-III Communications, had bought...
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From Jim Metrock: It is getting impossible for Channel One News to feature a school on its show that actually watches Channel One News. On today’s show, Channel One focused on an academic team from Vestavia Hills High School, in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham. This is a school I know something...
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William Weldon Chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson First inductee into the Public Education Hall of Shame The new owners of Channel One are bringing back product ads to the in-school TV show. Virtually all product advertisers have disappeared from the show over the last three years. Alloy, Inc. have bought a ticking...
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Channel One and Al Gore are buddies. When employees leave Channel One many of them immediately get jobs at Gore’s Current.tv. It is no surprise that Channel One would devote a considerable part of one of its shows to promoting Gore’s version of environmental activism. Last Friday, Channel One sponsored a Sheryl Crow concert...
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Channel One employees should let their feelings out. It is not healthy to keep all that pain bottled up inside. From Alloy’s April 26, 2007 SEC filing 8-K "Pursuant to the Channel One Asset Purchase Agreement, Alloy acquired the operating assets of Channel One from PRIMEDIA, by assuming certain liabilities of Channel One....
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Alloy’s CEO Matt Diamond Plunging revenue attracts him to C1N. From Jim Metrock: I listened to this morning’s Alloy conference call. The purpose of the call was to discuss and answer questions about the company’s acquisition of Channel One and another company. After Alloy’s CEO Matt Diamond talked about why Channel One was a...
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From Jim Metrock: Alloy, Inc. will be the new owner of Channel One. The long financial nightmare for Primedia will soon end. The long financial nightmare for Alloy has already begun. Alloy has advertised on Channel One News so their executives know, or should know, the controversy that will come along with ownership of...
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Cali Carlin HAD to report on the sadness at Virginia Tech and how students are coping. Her report was a tough way for high school students to start their school day. Even if students are wanting not to think about the murders, Channel One News won’t let them. More coverage is planned for tomorrow....
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What a way to start a school day: Channel One’s Alexander Marquardt tells sixth graders that over 30 people were gunned down. If it bleeds, it leads. Top story on Channel One Tuesday morning (April 17) was "GUNMAN SHOT AND KILLED MORE THAN THIRTY PEOPLE." from today’s transcript: ALEXANDER: HI EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO CHANNEL...
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Yet ANOTHER Gatorade "Player of the Year." This has been going on for years, but it is still sickening. Gatorade pays Channel One, and Channel One runs a "news story" that helps sell Gatorade. Where have we seen this before? Channel One reporting is for sale. This is disgraceful. This should make any legitimate...
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