From Jim Metrock: There was no press release announcing her hiring. All previous CEOs benefited from a substantial public relations effort when hired. Ms. Kettler got nothing. Strange. It might have been Ms. Kettler who insisted on no publicity. I could understand that. Odd that Obligation, Inc. was the entity that told the...
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From Jim Metrock: I have apologized to Channel One three times since 1996 when I began researching and reporting on the youth marketing company. All of my apologies were about rather inconsequential things, but when I am wrong I want to correct the record as quickly as possible. I recently blamed Channel...
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Spring house cleaning continues at marketing company Channel One. A look back at the man who loved to connect advertisers with children. In the early 2000’s when he was Channel One’s VP of Sales Kent Haehl knew that there was an obesity crisis developing among young people, but he signed up junk food...
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Channel One News is actively plugging The Carrie Diaries before its January 14 premiere on the CW Network. Channel One News is enticing teens and children to watch the Sex in the City prequel by offering them a chance to win a two day trip to New York City and a $1,50o0 gift...
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Just some of the junk food products Channel One News saw fit to advertise on their classroom TV show: McDonalds / Dec. 22, 2003 Jolly Rancher, Gatorade/ Sep. 19, 2003 Jolly Rancher hard candy / Mar. 24, 2003 Pepsi with Shakira / Mar. 24, 2003 How Channel One News helped create the...
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From Jim Metrock: Sorry, but this will be a very offensive article. Channel One News has once again done a very idiotic thing. On October 25, 2012, Channel One News ran a major story on the vile rapper Lil Wayne. If you were a child watching Channel One News that day you...
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Official movie poster for The Possession. From Jim Metrock: I saw this Channel One News-promoted horror movie in September and wrote the two men that I believe are ultimately responsible for advertising it to young people not only on the Channelone.com website, but in American high school and middle school classrooms. I now...
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And, bless his heart, he just has a knack for making incredibly poor decisions. Kent Haehl, CEO of Channel One News Mr. Haehl, an ad salesman, was hired as Channel One’s CEO in August 2007. At the time, Channel One claimed they had “over 7 million” students under contract. After five years...
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From Jim Metrock: Channel One’s Executive Producer published this video in 2010. Even though it was made available to the public, I didn’t discover it until recently. The video is below. At first it appears to be nothing more than a funny, tongue in cheek video made by fellow Channel One News employees to...
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