From Jim Metrock: Channel One News had a major overhaul this year in an attempt to stop the relentless stream of schools dropping their TV show. They moved Kent Haehl out of the CEO’s position and put Ms. C. J. Kettler into his spot in order to create a more family-friendly company. They came...
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From Jim Metrock: Kiddie marketers can be downright mean. Boo to Ms. C. J. Kettler. Ms. Kettler a well-traveled, self-described “media industry leader” is the current CEO of Channel One. It now looks like she is also a bit of a bully. This may come from the desperate position she finds...
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From Jim Metrock: Who are the advertisers on Channel One News? Parents want to know, educators and school administrators want to know.Taxpayers of course want to know what companies are using taxpayer-funded school time to sell to students. In short the public wants to know. The public has always wanted to know, but...
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From Jim Metrock: Channel One’s new Privacy Policy appears to be more controversial than it’s previous version. Privacy concerns will be a major problem for Channel One and its fellow Alloy kiddie marketers. Ms. C.J. Kettler the new Channel One CEO may think she can continue to collect information on other people’s children,...
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From Jim Metrock: When or if you try to read Channel One’s brand spankin’ new Website Terms of Use below, keep in mind who Channel One wrote the words for: teenagers, preteens, and elementary school-age children. That’s right, young people and very young people. Websites like Channelone.com create such documents to...
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From Jim Metrock: On June 15, 2013, in an article about Channel One’s new CEO Ms. C.J. Kettler’s less than stellar business background, I mentioned that I thought Kent Haehl’s new position at the company – simply listed as “CRO” on Haehl’s Linkedin public profile – stood for Chief Risk Officer. That was...
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At one time: Eight reporters. From Jim Metrock: Channel One News is losing their on-air personalities almost as quickly as they are losing their audience. Julian Dujarric lasted less than a year at the Channel One youth marketing company. I’m hoping he realized that commercially exploiting a captive audience of schoolchildren was not...
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From Jim Metrock: This past weekend Channel One went live with a new look to their website. There is little new content on the new site; most of the changes are merely cosmetic. Nothing stood out to me that would make parents and educators feel more favorable towards Channel One. Indeed, Channel...
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Channel One’s press release: Channel One News Appoints CJ Kettler as Chief Executive Officer Kettler to Spearhead Transformative Initiatives for Channel One News NEW YORK, May 20, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Channel One, LLC, the educational digital content provider and producer of Channel One News, the award-winning news program for young people, today...
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