Channel One News and Your Schools October 11, 2011 – Channel One News is a ‘school-safe’ news channel which informs teens on current world events and pop culture. It’s free to schools, which means it’s funded by a lot (LOT) of advertising. Earlier today I posed as an interested parent wanting to get Channel...
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Note: March 5, 2013 – Several months ago Jean-Yves Charlier lost his position at Promethean World. His idiotic decision to partner with Channel One certainly did not help his relations with the board of directors. From Jim Metrock: Big, important people in Big Business make mistakes all the time. Sometimes they make Big...
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Taxpayer-funded school time is used to promote DreamWorks new movie Puss in Boots. Actress Salma Hayek talks directly to Channel One’s captive audience of students plugging the movie. Of course, Channel One uses a Pop Quiz as a long-form commercial for the film. Notice the ad for the drug and alcohol soaked Footloose movie...
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From Jim Metrock: Now we know who in the world would answer Channel One’s want ad below. This ad was published in late August so Channel One was desperate to replace somebody as the broadcast year had already begun. Turns out two on-air personalities were leaving: Steven Fabian and Justin Finch. I don’t...
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Another anchor abruptly leaves Channel One News. Justin Finch is taking his talents to South Beach. From Jim Metrock: Most Channel One on-air personalities leave in June after the last show of the school year. The continuing financial struggles at Channel One may be the reason Steven Fabian and now Justin Finch have...
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2nd Nominee for our Wastin’ Time and Tax Dollars Award From Jim Metrock: Obligation, Inc. has instituted an award that will “honor” public schools that show Channel One News and its commercials during the school day. The award is called the Wastin’ Time & Tax Dollars Award. Obligation will nominate public middle schools and...
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From Jim Metrock: Claxton Middle School in Claxton, GA is a “Channel One school.” It’s probably a typical “Channel One school” in that it cheats. Isn’t it awful when a school cheats? Here’s how they cheat: Claxton is suppose to show the 12-minute Channel One News in its entirety. Yet they only allow eight...
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This man is Strauss Zelnick. His partnership ZelnickMedia owns Alloy Media and Markeing which in turns owns Channel One. When Mr. Zelnick gets tired of Channel One’s poor performance he merely has to pick up the phone and say, “Kill it.” Why not sell it? In 2007 previous owner Primedia put Channel One...
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