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2007
FCC Fines Two TV stations for
Violations of Children's-TV Ad Limits
(Broadcasting and Cable, 9/29/07)
Parents tricked by
Baby Einstein (Brisbane Times, 8/6/07)
Study
by Wake Forest professor says toddlers learn little
from TV
(Winston-Salem Journal, 7/3/07)
TV may harm toddlers' brain
development (Canadian Press, 5/08/07)
More toddlers have own TVs,
study finds
20% of children under age 3 have a set in bedroom
(Chicago Tribune, 5/7/07)
Ad infinitum (food marketing
to children) (Boston Globe, 4/23/07)
Kids need a respite
from TV (Eugene Guard-Register, 4/23/07)
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)
Growth spurt seen in
TV fare for babies (San Antonio Express-News,
4/17/07)
Disney Expands
Electronics With Themes Taken From Movies
(Media
Post, 4/12/07)
Chrysler, Sirius Introduce
'Backseat TV' With Kid Shows
(Media Post, 3/30/07)
Study Finds Food Is Top
Product Advertised to Kids (Washington Post,
3/28/07)
FCC Split Over TV
Violence Report (National Journal, 3/28/07)
BabyFirstTV growing up
fast (Hollywood Reporter, 3/26/07)
Diaper Demographic:
TV, Video Programming for the Under-2 Market
Grows Despite Lack of Clear Educational Benefit
(Washington Post, 2/24/07)
Are Canadian
babies ready for their own TV channel? (CBC,
1/30/07)
CCFC to President Bush: Luring Babies to Screens is Not
Heroic
Watching television
won't turn babies into Einsteins
(Concord Monitor,
1/25/07)
TV ads stress
children (New Zealand Press, 1/02/06)
2006
Baby
Frankenstein (Forbes, 12/19/06)
Pediatricians criticize use
of TVs in hospital (Boston Globe, 10/17/06)
TVs in bedrooms may make
kids fat (CanWest 10/16/06)
TV Hurts School
Performance (AP, 10/2/06)
Study: Advertisements for
high-fat foods permeate TV targeting toddlers (AP,
9/30/06)
Baby TV Comes to
Canada (Global National, 7/11/06)
Study says
violence still abounds in children's television
(Kansas City Star, 5/29/06)
Kaiser Tallies
Kids' TV Hours (5/24/06)
Round-The-Clock TV
Channel For Babies Debuts (Associated Press,
5/12/06)
Courting
Kids, Networks Aim Younger (TelevisionWeek,
2/20/06)
TV watching takes away from
family time (UPI, 2/7/06)
Baby Einsteins or baby
couch potatoes? (Wisconsin State Journal, 2/2/06)
In Tots' TV Shows, A Booming
Market, Toys Get Top Billing (Wall St. Journal,
1/27/06)
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