From Jim Metrock: Channel One’s on-air personality Maggie Rulli is leaving. Her last day was Friday, May 27. Ms. Rulli stayed too long at the controversial, in-school TV show. Her role was to be the pretty face to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s ugly commercial exploitation of school kids via their Channel One News subsidiary. Sadly she stayed with this...
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From Jim Metrock: Schools continue to show Channel One before school starts. Schools that are serious about academics will not allow Channel One News to interfere with their school day. The remaining advertisers on Channel One have to know that the TV show doesn’t have the audience it once had. Students at...
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Poor Channel One Once this controversial, kiddie marketing company had 8 million students forced to watch their program. Although Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Channel One’s owner, continues to state Channel One’s audience is “nearly 5 million,” the true number is probably closer to 2 – 3 million. Channel One used to update their ever-decreasing estimated...
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From Jim Metrock: It’s sad to see young people with a real chance to be legitimate journalists sign on with the kiddie marketing firm Channel One. Check out the background for this dynamic young woman and then try to understand her decision to join Houghton Mifflin’s Channel One News. http://www.channelone.com/reporter/arielle-hixson/ Note to Ms. Hixson:...
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