January 19, 2011 from Jim Metrock <[email protected]> to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] cc “Jamie R. Blair” <[email protected]>, [email protected] date Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 8:55 PM subject from a stakeholder words The Board believes that an informed public is vital to the success and support of public education. The Board of Education recognizes that...
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Another movie plug: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPv-fXo7PE0
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30-second commercial forced on teens and preteens November 15, 2010. November 15, 2010 – Channel One News says they still have “nearly 6 million” students under contract to watch their in-school TV show. If that is true then one 30-second ad like this one for an animated movie called Tangled could waste...
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Warner Brothers needs help from taxpayers. They have a new movie coming out that has all the makings of a major disaster. The 3D Yogi Bear movie was going to be released this past summer but its release was postponed. That’s not a good sign for a movie. The few reviews of the movie...
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This is one of the webpages Channel One News devoted to plugging the new Harry Potter movie. Channel One also ran commercials for the movie on the in-classroom TV show and ran video ads on its website. They also aired “news” stories whose purpose was to pitch the movie in a more subtle...
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This is a screen shot of Channel One’s homepage today. This is the website that Channel One News plugs constantly during each daily in-classroom Channel One News TV show. (“Go to Channelone.com for more information.” “Go to Channelone.com for to enter the contest.”) Channel One has taken a lot of money from Procter &...
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November 8, 2010 – A captive audience of teens and preteens have to watch this relatively obscure band plug Channel One’s advertising feature called Hear It Now. Channel One News routinely advertises new musical acts during the “news” part of the show. This is clearly advertising, but it is in addition to the 2...
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March 13, 2014: This and other videos were removed after Channel One complained to YouTube. Obligation’s YouTube account was terminated by Channel One’s actions. Channel One will do about anything to prevent the public from seeing what it is showing schoolchildren. This is taken from the November 1, 2010 middle school showing of...
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Alloy Wants to Own Teenage Girls The entertainment company dominates teen books, television, and film, so why not the Web, or the rest of the world? By Susan Berfield Josh Bank is a cheerful guy in a red-checked shirt and pressed khakis with millions of young women under his influence. On this Sunday morning in...
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Channel One News under Kent Haehl and Paul Folkemer has become an advertising funhouse. Every part of the show is up for sale. Respectability? Forgetaboutit. Chanenl One appears to be in survival mode. Here’s an actress in a new movie It’s Kind of a Funny Story coming out on Friday, October 8. Channel...
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