Product Placements Acquire a Life of Their Own on Shows

New York Times, July 14, 2008

 

Writers Guild Urges FCC to Disclose Product Integration

Advertising Age, June 25, 2008

 

Product Placements Get FCC Scrutiny

Wall Street Journal, June 23, 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

 

U.K. Shuts Out Product Placement

Variety, 6/11/08

 

Call for tobacco-style controls on junk food (NZ)

Stuff.co.nz, 6/4/08

 

Japan urges limiting kids' cell phones (Associated Press, 5/27/08)

 

Korea: Junk Food Ads to Be Bumped From Prime-Time TV (Korean Times, 5/27/08)

 

MPAA Asked to Look Into Iron Man Ads (Broadcasting & Cable, 5/20/08)

 

Coke, Pepsi Vow to Eliminate Worldwide Marketing to Kids Under 12 (Promo, 5/21/08)

 

MPAA Says It Won't Block Marketers' Movie Promo Plans (Advertising Age, 5/16/08)

 

Parents want junk food ads banned (The Australian, 5/19/08)

 

Bill targets teen gamers (Variety, 5/7/08)

 

U.K. Cracks Down on Word-of-Mouth With Tough Restrictions (Advertising Age, 4/28/08)

 

Group Proposes Industry Behavioral Standard (KidAdLaw, 4/25/08)

 

New code on ads a toothless tiger, say critics (Sydney Morning Herald, 4/17/08)

 

Ad Groups Challenge FTC Guidelines (AdWeek, 4/18/08)

 

Besieged industry tightens rules (Sydney Morning Herald, 4/17/08)

 

FTC Urged To Tighten Standards For Online Marketing To Minors (MediaPost, 4/11/08)

 

Law Barring Kids From Violent Games Rejected (Kid Ad Law, 4/8/08)

 

NDP to introduce bill banning food and drink ads aimed at kids (The Canadian Press, 4/6/08)

 

FCC Officials Provide Advertisers With Self-Regulatory Road Map (Kid Ad Law, 3/25/08)

 

New proposal for global, legal junk food ad ban (Food Navigator, 3/17/08)

 

Menino: Ban violent vid games for kids (Boston Herald, 3/17/08)

 

Hollywood Will Help to Police PG-13 TV Ads (Broadcasting & Cable, 3/4/08)

 

Let's Rewrite the Rules for Kids' Media (Business Week, 3/2/08)

 

Burger King Agrees To Kids' Marketing Rules In Europe (Marketing Daily, 2/25/08)

 

T.O. health officer: Ban sugary ads that target kids under 13 (Toronto Sun, 2/23/08)

 

Liverpool set to ban McDonald's Happy Meals in a bid to cut childhood obesity (Daily Mail UK, 2/24/08)

 

FTC Focuses on Mobile Marketing (Kid Ad Law, 2/21/08)

 

Former FCC Chairs Help Form Digital Kids Task Force (Kid Ad Law, 2/8/08)

 

Bill Introduced to Ban School Bus Ads (News Channel 7, 2/5/08)

 

FCC to Consider Rewriting Product-Placement Disclosure Rules (Advertising Age, 1/31/08)

 

FTC: Review Movie Marketing to Kids (Associated Press, 1/9/08)

 

Junk food advertising ban ‘not enough’ to help kids (Western Mail, 1/1/08)

2007

Ad Groups Want to Block FCC Rule-Making on Product Placement (Advertising Age, 12/17/07)

 

Food companies sign EU ad pledge (UK Guardian, 12/11/07)

 

FTC Ends Brainy-Baby Video Investigation (The Associated Press, 12/6/07)

 

FCC Fines Two TV stations for Violations of Children's-TV Ad Limits (Broadcasting and Cable, 9/29/07)

 

Congressmen Tackle Product Placement (TV Week, 9/27/07)

 

Junk Food Report Due in Congress (Broadcast and Cable, 9/17/07)

 

FTC Issues Subpoenas to Food Marketers (Adweek, 8/10/07)

 

Australian Labor Party Battles the Ogre of Pester Power (Sydney Morning Herald, 7/31/07)

 

Big Food Cuts $1B in Kid Ads; Pols' Hunger Still Not Sated (Adage, 7/23/07)

 

Limiting Ads of Junk Food to Children (New York Times, 7/18/07)

 

Markey Says Marketers Won't Follow Kellogg's Lead (Broadcasting & Cable, 7/11/07)

 

Violent shows aim toys at little kids (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, 7/10/07)

 

Food Marketers Seem Set to Unveil Kids-Advertising Guidelines (AdAge.com, 7/6/07)

 

Kids Ad Summit Sets Stage For New Regulatory Agenda (Media Post, 6/25/07)

 

Crackdown on children's ads (Australia) (Sydney Morning Herald, 6/10/07)

 

Congress Will Join Federal Agencies In Seeking Action On Food Marketing To Kids (Broadcast and Cable, 5/22/07)

 

FTC Urged To Probe Digital Food Marketing To Kids (Media Post, 5/17/07)

 

Harkin critical of Shrek for promoting junk food (Radio Iowa, 5/17/07)

 

Martin: FCC May Need To Regulate Food Ads (Broadcast and Cable, 5/14/07)

 

Obesity Fear Frenzy Grips Food Industry (Adage, 4/23/07)

 

FTC Readies Subpoenas for Food Marketers (Brandweek, 4/20/07)

 

Markey Wants to Put Kids TV On Ad Diet (Broadcast and Cable, 4/17/07)

 

FTC Takes Issue with Food Marketing to Kids (AdAge.com 4/17/07)

 

FTC Scolds Marketers About Violent Content (AdWeek, 4/12/07)

 

Junk food ad ban comes into force in UK (Food Navigator, 04/02/07)

 

Kids' TV faces new Net restrictions (CNet News.com, 1/24/07)

 

Kids' Advertisers Bolster Defenses at ANA Conference (AdAge.com, 1/18/07)

2006

Pediatricians Blast Inappropriate Ads (AP, 12/4/06)

 

EU nations agree to keep TV advertising at current levels, impose limits on product placement (AP, 11/13/06)

 

Call for children's food ad curbs  (BBC, 11/03/06)

 

Review Of Kids Ad Rules Getting Messy (Brandweek, 10/16/06)

 

Industry: Updated Children's Ad Guidelines Needed Now (Media Post, 9/26/06)

 

Exploitative Internet marketing fuels child obesity (Reuters, 9/5/06)

 

Brownback Doesn't Back Kids Marketing Mandates (Broadcasting & Cable, 7/21/06)

 

Junk-food Pushers on Defensive as Kids’ Advocates Push Back (New Standard, 5/8/06)

 

Fed Obesity Report Seen as Boon To Self-Regulation (Brand Week, 5/8/06)

 

Industry lobbying 'derailed junk food ban' (The Guardian, 4/22/06)

 

Ofcom proposes ban on kids' junk food ads (The Guardian, 3/28/06)