From Jim Metrock: Martin Christie has been Channel One’s main Alabama lobbyist since 1998. Martin was a friend of mine. In fact he sort of worked for me at one time. He was the lobbyist for the Associated Industries of Alabama and the Business Council of Alabama when I was a board...
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From Jim Metrock: Since 1997, I have been writing articles about Channel One’s commercial exploitation of schoolchildren. They are all here. The main reason I wrote was to help educators, administrators, school board members, other parents, and young people themselves in their efforts to remove Channel One from their classrooms. I hope my...
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Tiszenkel must have seen the train wreck coming. Now safely in Rhode Island working at CVS. From Jim Metrock: Channel One News has to be one of the creepiest workplaces in the country. The whole company is shrouded with secrecy. The company never announces the departure of important employees, even if...
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From Jim Metrock: It might just now be sinking in. People are going to lose their jobs at Channel One. Whenever Company A acquires Company B, Company B immediately says that there will be no changes at Company B. Everyone should stop worrying. Nothing is going to change. These of course are...
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From Jim Metrock: I was writing about David Drucker, when the news broke about Channel One being acquired by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Mr. Drucker was hired last year to be the Senior Vice President of Sponsorship & Advertising Sales at Channel One. He was hired for the hardest. most challenging job in the...
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Losses too much for ZelnickMedia? How much did Houghton Mifflin Harcourt pay, if anything, for the controversial youth marketing company? Will HMHC keep Channel One’s current employees? Fourth Channel One owner in seven years. (Primedia, Alloy Media and Marketing, ZelnickMedia, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) May 13, 2014, 10:03 a.m. EDT Houghton Mifflin...
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From Jim Metrock: It is so easy to get sick of Channel One News. The company is constantly selling kids something. Often their ads don’t appear like ads. Channel One is a master at mixing news with advertising. On May 6, the classroom TV show Channel One News starts off with...
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From Jim Metrock: Do you ever read the terms of service for websites you visit? If you are like me, you just check the box indicating you agree with the terms without actually viewing, much less, reading the terms of service. These terms of service are written in legal language that is hard...
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