From Jim Metrock: Three years ago, Channel One News was forced to send this letter to the relatively few schools that still had their TV equipment. It marked the end of the original Channel One News – the one that was extremely profitable back in the 90’s. In 2012 the few remaining executives at Channel One...
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From Jim Metrock: The Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart knows its students don’t want to watch Channel One News. That’s why the school shows the controversial TV show before school starts. This school like many others that still have Channel One have been breaching Channel One’s contract for years. https://obligation.org/2012-10-10-catholic-hs-refuses-to-honor-channel-one-news-contract
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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: Do you want to be a part of a youth marketing company whose purpose is to bring advertising into public schools? Well, here’s your chance to be a part of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s controversial Channel One News show. When Channel One says, “We are a small and tight knit group,”...
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From Jim Metrock: Keith Kocinski knows that show biz requires you to keep on smiling no matter what. Mr. Kocinski is one of the remaining “reporters” at the struggling Channel One News youth marketing firm owned currently by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Mr. Kosinski recently filmed an “Ask an Anchor” video which showed him answering questions from...
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From Jim Metrock: I am happy for Scott Evans. After four years of being an on-air personality for Houghton Mifflin’s controversial Channel One show, he announced his departure on May 29. He has been one of the more likable people on Channel One. He’s even more likable now, now that he has...
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From Jim Metrock: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt made a bad decision when they took over Channel One News.HMH evidently thought they could convert Channel One’s old videos and transcripts into a product that schools would not only desire, but would actually buy (with real money). It hasn’t happened. It won’t happen. Houghton Mifflin acquired a...
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From Jim Metrock: Our Wastin’ Time & Tax Dollar$ Award is back and Parkway High School in Bossier City, Louisiana is our first winner for 2015. Congratulation to Dr. Nichole Bourgeois the principal of Parkway High, and her Board of Education members Billie Jo Brotherton, Brad Bockhaus, Frank Kelly, William Lott,...
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Required reading for Houghton Mifflin’s CEO Linda Zecher and SVP CJ Kettler. http://adem.alabama.gov/programs/land/landforms/CRTInd.pdf From Jim Metrock: Channel One thought that they could quickly and painlessly remove millions of dollars of equipment disposal fees from their balance sheet (before they were acquired by Houghton Mifflin) by dumping the disposal costs...
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