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2008
Market
holiday toys to kids? Oh no, YOU DIDN'T!
LA Times Blog,
November 14, 2008
Barely Passing
The Baltimore Jewish
Times, November 13, 2008
This Holiday Season, Retailers Better Be Wary Of
The Surly Shopper
Canwest News,
November 06, 2008
Parents Asked to Weigh in on Radio on Buses
Nashua
Telegraph, October 30, 2008
News Brief:
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
PROMO Xtra, October
29, 2008
Activist Group Urges Toy Makers To Address Parents
Media Post, October 27, 2008
Kids Growing Up Too Fast, Author Says
Naples News, October 22,
2008
Class, Pay Attention To
This Message From Our Sponsor
CrainsNewYork.com,
October 18, 2008
Milk Cartoon
The
New York Times, October 12, 2008
FCC Considers Product Placement
Rules for TV
Ars
Technica, September 28, 2008
Ditch The Characters For The
Classics
The
Tampa Tribune, September 26, 2008
Scholastic Cuts ‘Bratz’ Products for Book Clubs
and Fairs
The New York Times, September 22, 2008
Scholastic Inc Bows to Pressure Over Bratz
TheBookseller.com, September 19, 2008
Bratz Books Expelled from US
School Book Suppliers
Guardian, September
19, 2008
Scholastic Boots Bratz
Brandweek, September 19, 2008
Distributor Gives Bratz the Boot
Winnipeg Free Press,
September 18, 2008
Strapped for Cash, Schools Eye Bus Ads
Advertisng Age,
September 15, 2008
Humble
ISD pins hopes on school bus ads
Houston
Chronicle, August 21, 2008
FTC Commissioner Tackles Ads for Kids ---
Official Leads Charge For
Food, Drink Firms To Regulate
Themselves
Wall Street
Journal, August 20, 2008
Fast-food toys becoming more educational
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 15, 2008
Retailers
know texting is the totally best way to reach teens
St.
Petersburg Times, August 10, 2008
I want my [your
brand here] MTV
Time Out
Chicago, August 7,
2008
24/7
children's channels? I want my kid TV!
San Diego
Union-Tribune, August 4, 2008
Marketing To Kids: FTC, CBBB Weigh In With Reports
Marketing
Daily, July 30, 2008
Tug of War in Food Marketing to Children
New York
Times, July 30, 2008
Kids’ Activists, Critics React to FTC Report
Broadcasting
and Cable,
July 29, 2008
Real healing in pretend world:
The Boston Globe Reviews Susan Linn's Book
Boston Globe, July 14, 2008
BusRadio gains
industry ratings, criticism for pushing ads on kids
Boston Herald, July 8, 2008
To Build a Young-Adult Crowd,
ABC Family Gets More Physical
New York Times, June 28, 2008
Product Placement On TV Targeted
Washington Post, June 27, 2008
Is make-believe vital to kids?
You better believe it: An interview with CCFC's Susan
Linn
USA Today, June 25, 2008
FCC Is Urged To Clamp Down On
Product
Placement
Marketing Daily, June 20, 2008
Coalition Urges FCC to Adopt
Product Placement Rules
Brandweek, June 20, 2008
Watch Dogs Warn FCC about Trojan
Horse Ads
Broadcasting & Cable, June 19, 2008
The power of a make-believe
world
Boston Globe, 6/3/08
Keep Targeting Kids and the
Parents Will Start Targeting You
Advertising Age, May 19, 2008
BabyTV and BabyFirstTV target
the diaper set
International Herald Tribune, May 18, 2008
MPAA Says It Won't Block
Marketers' Movie Promo Plans
Advertising Age, May 16, 2008
Commercial side of school book
fairs prompts concerns
Natick Bulletin, May 15, 2008
Kids should spend more time
playing
The Wichita Eagle, May 15, 2008
Commercials
cause concern in the virtual Barbie world
Financial Times, May 2, 2008
Coalition Asks BK to Pull Toy Premiums
Promo
Magazines, April 29, 2008
Group Asks Burger
King To Pull 'Iron Man' Kids' Meal Toy
MediaPost,
April 25, 2008
Don’t forget
importance of play
Associate Press, March 16, 2008
Abercrombie &
Fitch ads hit
Boston Herald,
March
13, 2008
Children's Hospital in Hot Water Over
Corporate Sponsorships
Advertising Age, March 12, 2008
Cut Abercrombie name from ER,
advocates say
Associated Press, March 11, 2008
When a Corporate Donation Raises
Protests
New York Times, March 12, 2008
Is TV to blame for fat epidemic?
Toronto Star, March 8, 2008
Hollywood Will Help to Police PG-13 TV Ads
Broadcasting & Cable, March 4, 2008
Don't hold
children hostage to ads
Island
Packet, March 2, 2008
A Virtual Popularity Contest
Washington Post,
February 19, 2008
School Buses Latest Victim of Ad
Creep
Brandweek,
February 4, 2008
McDonald's was right to pull
plug on Happy Meals promotion
Orlando Sentinel, January 21, 2008
McDonald's
Pulls Ads From Florida Report Cards
Advertising Age, January 18, 2008
McDonald's
drops report card pitches
Orlando Sentinel, January 18, 2008
Parents’
beef with McDonald’s ends Happy Meal promo
The Boston Herald, January 18, 2008
McDonald’s Ending Promotion on
Jackets of Children’s Report Cards
New York Times,
January 18, 2008
McDonald’s
Ending Promotion on Jackets of Children’s Report Cards
New York Times, January 18, 2008
Parents
Group Slams Producers for Marketing PG-13 Films to
Kids
Brandweek,
January 17, 2008
Parents Group Slams Producers
for Marketing PG-13 Films to Kids
Brandweek,
January 17, 2008
FTC: Review Movie Marketing to
Kids
Associated Press, January 9,
2008
2007
Web
Playgrounds of the Very Young
New York Times, December 31, 2007
BusRadio Tames Raunchy Music
Boston Herald, December 27, 2007
Lessons of 'Snowpeople' not cool
Marketplace, December 18, 2007
Ads on Webkinz draw criticism
New Jersey Star-Ledger, December 17, 2007
Webkinz Takes Heat For Taking Advertising
MediaPost, December 14, 2007
Advocates
Slam Webkinz for Online Ads
Adweek, December 14, 2007
Born to Shop: How Marketers Brainwash
Babies
Alternet,
December 13, 2007
Shift Away From Ad-Free Has a Price
New
York Times, December 13, 2007
Guess Who's
Seeing Web Traffic Soar: Kraft and Co.
Advertising Age, December 10, 2007
Heidi Klum In The Valley Of The (Star)Dolls
Brandweek,
December 10, 2007
School Report Cards Offer Happy
Meals
ABC
News, December 8, 2007
Food-for-grades prize criticized
Chicago Tribune,
December 7, 2007
McDonald’s offers US children
free fast food for good schoolwork
London Times, December 7, 2007
FTC Ends Brainy-Baby Video Investigation
Associated Press, December 6, 2007
Seminole students get
McDonald's bonus on report cards
Orlando Sentinel, December 6, 2007
Straight A's, With a Burger as a
Prize
New
York Times, December 6, 2007
CCFC Blasts McDonald's For
Report Card Advertising
MediaPost, December 6, 2007
McD's Report
Card Ads Draw Fire
Adweek, December 5, 2007
Child
advocacy group upset over McDonald’s ads on report cards
Associated Press,
December 5, 2007
McD's Newest
Ad Platform: Report Cards
Advertising Age,
December 5, 2007
Taking the Axe to Unilever's
hypocrisy
Toronto Star, November 28, 2007
Dove viral draws heat from
critics
Advertising Age, November 26, 2007
Stores use lure of children's literature
Boston Herald, November 23, 2007
Dispute over push to get social Web
sites in classroom
Union Leader Correspondent, November 23, 2007
Educators weigh merits of
social network sites
LA
Times, November 19, 2007
Hard to find sanctuary from $17 billion
in marketing to kids
National Catholic Reporter,
1November 16, 2007
Body spray ads amuse, but do they
offend, too?
Sacramento Bee, November 6, 2007
A company's ugly
contradiction
Boston Globe, November 5, 2007
Nick Rethinks
Partnerships To Promote SpongeBob To Kids
Brandweek, October 29, 2007
Goodbye treats, hello tricks
Toronto Sun, October 20, 2007
Disney wields its marketing magic
Denver Post, October 19, 2007
Babes in
BrandLand
Brandweek,
October 17, 2007
Unilever shuns
stereotypes of women (unless talking to men)
New York Times, October 15, 2007
How did board allow BusRadio onboard?
Union Tribune, October 11, 2007
CCFC accuses Unilever of ad hypocrisy
LA
Times, October 10, 2007
Palm Beach County
schools consider BusRadio
South Florida Sun Sentinel, October 10, 2007
Wishful thinking: DVDs bring out baby geniuses
Washington Post, October 9, 2007
Use Of Play Plastic
In Game Of Life Divides Experts
The Courant, October 4, 2007
Associated Press,
August 31, 2007
Adweek, August 10, 2007
Parents tricked by Baby Einstein
Brisbane Times, August 6, 2007
Washington Post, August 3, 2007
More than a doll, baby
Philadelphia Inquirer, August 2, 2007
Too Sexy, Too Soon
Parents.com, August 1, 2007
Limiting Ads of Junk Food to
Children
New York Times, July 18, 2007
Watching Food Ads on TV May Program Kids
to Overeat
Wall
Street Journal, July 10, 2007
Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, July 10, 2007
Marketing health
San
Francisco Chronicle, June 22, 2007
Kellogg Agrees to Raise Nutrition of
Kids' Food
Associated Press, June 14, 2007
If Other Marketers Follow Suit, More
Than $1 Billion in Spending May Be in Limbo
Advertising Age,
June
14, 2007
Kellogg Agrees to Curb Marketing of Foods to Children
New
York Times, June 14, 2007
Kellogg Agrees to Raise Nutrition of Kids' Food
Associated Press, June 14, 2007
P.V. ponders Bus Radio, billed as
alternative to raunchy drive-time fare
Santa Cruz Sentinel, June 12, 2007
Women take their fight against school
ads to Boston
Worcester Star-Telegram, May 31, 2007
Say Buy-Buy: Psychology professor says
subtle marketers are selling kids, and their parents, a lot of
junk
Winston-Salem Journal, May 31, 2007
Video Game Ads
CBS
3.com, May 30, 2007
Louisville school board drops proposal
for bus radios
Louisville Courier-Journal, May
22, 2007
Fighting obesity, but fronting for junk
food
Boston Globe, May 21, 2007
How Many Brands Do Young Children
Recognize?
wcco.com,
May 14, 2007
The Hard Sell: Marketing to Kids
CBS
News, May 14, 2007
More toddlers have own TVs, study finds
20% of children under age 3 have a set
in bedroom
Chicago Tribune, May 7, 2007
Shrek shills dietary dreck -- dump him
Chicago Sun Times, April 30, 2007
Advocacy Group: Drop Shrek From Anti-Obesity Ads
Associated Press,
April 26, 2007
Nashua Board tunes in to Bus Radio
Nashua Telegraph, April 19, 2007
Are Bratz Dolls Too Sexy?
MSNBC, April 11, 2007
Marketing play: Game of
Life really does take Visa
USA Today, March 8, 2007
Critics target
Pizza Hut BOOKIt! Program
Associated Press,
March 2,
2007
Parents push to boot Bratz books from Scholastic fairs
CanWest, Frebruary 28, 2007
Message and the
Media: Our girls deserve better
San Francisco Chronicle, February 26, 2007
Diaper Demographic:
TV, Video Programming for the Under-2 Market Grows Despite
Lack of Clear Educational Benefit
Washington Post, February 24, 2007
Envy, Anxiety, Secrecy,
Taboos: The Subject Must Be Money
New York Times, February 3, 2007
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