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From Jim Metrock: Did Lance Cpl. Stone give Seth Doane permission to use his name to promote Doane’s controversial company? The C1 logo gives the audience the impression that Jesse Stone endorses Channel One. Channel One has always tried to use its news stories to help promote the Channel One brand. It was no different...
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It’s a public relations nightmare, but when you are hurting for advertisers, you sign up any company you can. Channel One News has always been a major conduit for junk food peddlers to get their messages to children, but their newest advertiser is a slap in the face to school boards. With all the reports of rising childhood...
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A Michigan high school is the “winner” of Channel One’s latest contest to promote a musical act. Adrian High School may be getting into deep trouble with their community by hosting a British singer named Craig David. His type of music is called “two-step” in England. It is a form of rap. Channel One’s Craig David Promotion Mr. David’s...
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The Seven Remaining Channel One Anchors Janet Choi Gotham Chopra Seth Doane Andrew Yani Derrick Shore Alexandra Panther Erroll Barnett Because schools want TV equipment, they enter into a contract with Channel One. To keep the equipment, the students must watch the TV show called Channel One News. The contract is tough....
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Primedia is Channel One’s parent company. Since 1999, Tom Rogers has been its CEO. During his tenure, Primedia stock has gone from $34 to 76 cents. You can pick up a share today for under $3.00. In 2000, Jim Ritts, then the head of the infamous Digital Entertainment Network (DEN), was fired by that...
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From Jim Metrock: Yet another Hollywood movie studio paid Channel One News to allow one of their actors to be an anchor – for the entire show. Schools across the country are turning off the controversial in-school TV show because of things like this. Channel One News under its current president, Jim Ritts, has...
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Every week, Channel One News plays a joke on the school boards that signed up for their service. They run a feature called The Play of the Week. This is a promotional effort by Channel One to get more students to watch their program. Virtually every day near the beginning of the show, Channel...
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Ken McNatt is a student activist from Pennsylvania. He has been a major problem to the marketing geniuses at Channel One News. Remember the student standing in front of the tank in Tiananmen Square in China? Think – Ken McNatt. Ken has recently reviewed Channel One News broadcasts and scripts and has allowed us...
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A review of Oregon public schools that currently have a contract with Channel One is revealing. Channel One was very successful in getting schools to sign up for their service in the early 90’s when little was known about the company. Schools obviously had to rely on the promises made by Channel One’s sales...
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Manchester Students Won’t See ‘Channel One News’ January 22, 2003 BY MATTHEW WEIGELT, Times-Union Staff Writer NORTH MANCHESTER – Junior high students won’t be watching commercials as a captive audience in school. Manchester Community Schools Acting Superintendent Kim Thurston Tuesday pulled the proposal to implement “Channel One News,” a current events news program geared...
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Manchester Students Won’t See ‘Channel One News’ January 22, 2003 BY MATTHEW WEIGELT, Times-Union Staff Writer NORTH MANCHESTER – Junior high students won’t be watching commercials as a captive audience in school. Manchester Community Schools Acting Superintendent Kim Thurston Tuesday pulled the proposal to implement “Channel One News,” a current events news program geared to a middle school-age audience, from...
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Today the Channel One TV show in schools asked students to go to channelone.com to read more about the Columbia story. Children who did this were presented with a button that they could click to go to a photo gallery presumably to honor the heros of the Columbia Shuttle. Once at the galley a...
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January 30, 2003 Laura Ling. Star!
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Seth Doane (Channel One anchor): “…Even Channel One has done things I’ve raised a stink about.” Reporter: “For instance?” Doane:. “On the record? I’ll pass. Let’s just say you hope you can uphold basic standards and keep your job.” Mr. Doane points out one of the problems at Channel One News. He “hopes” he can...
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War is breaking out over junk food and sugary drinks. The World Health Organisation says they are making children obese, and governments should clamp down on them. The hugely powerful multinationals involved say that’s rubbish. Sarah Boseley investigates Thursday January 9, 2003 The Guardian There was a time when children drank water or milk. That has gone...
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Schools end their relationship with Channel One By JOHN CHRISTIE, Middletown Press Staff January 25, 2003 CROMWELL — Cromwell Middle School will soon lose 15 televisions, a video recorder and a satellite dish, now that the school has stopped doing business with the Channel One Network. Middle School Principal H. B. Dumeer said the...
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From Jim Metrock: This week, Channel One News has rolled out a major promotional effort to get students to purchase the new CD from a British musician named Craig David. Students are urged to enter a contest to win a concert at their school. Their principal must give written approval for the Craig David...
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From the Bozeman (Montana) Daily Chronicle: Three Forks board nixes Channel One By NICK GEVOCK, Chronicle Staff Writer The Three Forks School Board has decided not to contract for broadcasts of a national teenage news service. The board was considering a contract with Channel One News, a national news service that reports on current events in a...
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Warner Brothers has a new movie. It’s called “Kangraroo Jack”. It is rated “PG” which means there is a parental warning because of the film’s content. Reviewers say the movie should have received a tougher rating. Screenit.com rates the alcohol/drug content of this movie as “Heavy”. The only higher rating for content is “Extreme.” One of the greatest concerns...
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How do you get children to add another soft drink to their diets? You enlist Channel One’s help. PepsiCo wants teens and pre-teens to start drinking their relatively new lemon-lime carbonated beverage – Sierra Mist. PepsiCo is one of Channel One’s largest advertisers for over six years. Channel One is running this ad on their web site www.channelone.com. It...
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Monday’s New York Times had a front page article (Eat Your Vegetables? Only at a Few Schools”) that mentions Channel One. I provide the link below and the section that mentioned Channel One. The New York Times has a free site but you need to register. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/13/national/13LUNC.html “In most schools across the country the cafeteria...
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Most schools have a code of conduct for students. In student handbooks, school administrators spell out conduct that will not be tolerated. Various degrees of punishment are laid out so students can clearly understand the consequence of certain behavior. The common denominator for most school rules is whether an action disrupts the educational environment....
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