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Kent Haehl was Mr. Channel One News. He presided over the company for six...
From Jim Metrock: It was a good idea if it had worked: Cut programming expenses at Channel One and air student-produced news stories that would cost Channel One nothing. Since this spring Channel One has been using their in-school show and web site to constantly solicit schools to sign up as "Bureau Schools." Channel...
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Dean Nelson is the Chairman and CEO of Channel One’s parent company PRIMEDIA. Today he discussed Channel One at the Credit Suisse’s Media Week conference in New York City. If you were one of the remaining employees of Channel One and you listened to what Mr. Nelson had to say, you would be at...
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Above: Andre Benjamin (aka Andre 3000) BusRadio: "He is such a cool guy. I was totally star struck!" Vulgar rap singer Andre Benjamin was interviewed on BusRadio’s program recently. Mr. Benjamin goes by the rap name Andre 3000 when he makes his explicit CDs such as Stankonia and Speakerboxxx/ The Love Below (The extra...
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December 4, 2006 Pediatricians call for less advertising to children By Marilyn Elias, USA TODAY Pediatricians should lobby for a ban or severe curtailment on widespread school-based ads, and Congress should prohibit commercials for "junk food" on TV shows watched mostly by young children, the American Academy of Pediatrics says Monday. The new policy...
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Above: This picture is taken from Channel One’s web rebroadcast of their in-school TV show. This is what the children see. This is a new commercial for LeapFrog’s Fly Pen. Do you see the fine print at the bottom? Can you read it? It’s difficult but you can read it because it is frozen....
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Here is a 26-page Channel One sales pitch to potential web advertisers. Channel One not only has advertising on its in-school TV show, but also on its web site Channelone.com. As more and more schools drop Channel One’s TV show or simply turn it off, Channel One has to ramp up the advertising on...
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Channel One screen shot : The ending of the commercial for the $250 Wii video game system. It’s nearing the holiday season and Channel One again is beginning to advertise expensive products for their preteen and teen audience. The objective is to get young people to nag their parents. Nintendo is a long-time advertiser...
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Screen shot from Channel One: Kids get another dose of Lady Sovereign’s alcohol-drenched lyrics. See for yourself. I wake up late every morning Managers calling im still yawning Get up wake up hair and makeups Waiting for you don’t be stalling This performance is important I don’t think I can put my all in...
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You would think Channel One would know better. They are back advertising movies in classrooms. "Unaccompanied Minors" is the name of a new PG-rated Warner Brothers movie. Channel One is now running 30-second ads for the film in middle schools and high schools. If a school has 1,000 students that is 500 student-minutes lost...
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Love me or hate me, it’s still an obsession. Love me or hate me, that is the question. If you love me then thank you! If you hate me then f*** you! On September 8 (and probably more days) Channel One News ran a commercial for Verizon Wireless’s new $150 Chocolate cell phone. To...
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Clearasil Marches Into Middle-School Classes Brand Riles Watchdogs by Enlisting Teachers to Hand Out Samples to Students By Jack Neff Published: November 13, 2006 CINCINNATI (AdAge.com) — Earlier this year, a teacher at a New Jersey private school handed out more than homework to the middle-school students: brochures and sample packets of Clearasil. Clearasil’s...
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Let’s take a look at today’s Channel One show. The script for Monday’s show was found on Channelone.com at 7:48 PM EST on Sunday, November 12. That means the show was wrapped up much earlier. Was it “in the can” earlier Sunday? or maybe Saturday? When you read the script of the show below...
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To: Judy Harris, President of Channel One From: Jim Metrock, President of Obligation You can’t save Channel One. Let it die. It wants to die. Channel One is Channel Done. It’s not just wordplay – it’s true. When you became president of Channel One you inherited the many sins of those who came...
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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 overall tuner market has not yet stabilized. Additionally, expenses...
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From Jim Metrock: One of the last organizations that should ever give money to Channel One is the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. This organization helps promote excellence in journalism. Now it appears they have expanded their mission to help underwrite bizarre journalism. As responsible advertisers have fled from Channel One’s controversial...
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"Instead of kids listening to shock-jock type programming with inappropriate songs and advertising, we decided that we’d give schools the choice of playing programming that is appropriate for students." Steve Shulman, BusRadio president, in eSchool News. From Jim Metrock: Earlier this year when I first visited BusRadio’s website, I was startled to see...
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On October 13, Channel One reporter Cali Carlin barely could contain herself as she giddily told students about the Gatorade Play of the Week. Here is the script she read: GATORADE PLAY OF THE WEEK CALI: TODAY’S PLAY OF THE WEEK ISN’T JUST ONE PLAY, IT’S AN ENTIRE GAME. PAUL MCCOY –...
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We just found this January 2006 article from a labor/education website. It is well written and researched. This writer understood the connection between Channel One News and Jack Abramoff months before the Senate Finance report. “Follow The Money”: From Abramoff and Lobbygate to ‘For Profit’ Education Filed under: General — Leo Casey @ 9:53...
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On today’s Channel One News show precious minutes are burned up with a trivial and inconsequential interview with another rock star that needs publicity for a his latest CD. Teddy Geiger’s 2006 CD "Underage Thinking" peaked at number 8 on the Billboard charts and is sinking like a ton of bricks. What to do?...
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On May 18, 2005, Channel One issued a very impressive sounding press release entitled, "Channel One Website Launches Government Information Resource." The press release can be found in our article "This Is Funny." Today, October 16, 2006, we revisited this "centralized listing of public services at the local, state and federal levels." Nothing has...
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Abramoff Probe Touches Primedia’s Channel One, MPA by Todd Shields OCTOBER 16, 2006 – Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his associates repeatedly sought payment from the Magazine Publishers of America and Primedia’s Channel One as they orchestrated lobbying campaigns in Washington, according to a Senate report. A former Channel One executive prodded Abramoff...
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MINORITY STAFF REPORT INVESTIGATION OF JACK ABRAMOFF’S USE OF TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS PREPARED BY THE MINORITY STAFF OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE UNITED STATES SENATE CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Chairman MAX BAUCUS, Ranking Member OCTOBER 2006 COMMITTEE ON FINANCE CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa, Chairman ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah TRENT LOTT, Mississippi OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, Maine JON...
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