Campaign For A Commercial Free Childhood

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Campaign For A Commercial-Free Childhood is a national coalition of health care professionals, educators, advocacy groups and concerned parents who counter the harmful effects of marketing to children through action, advocacy, education, research, and collaboration. We support the rights of children to grow up and the rights of parents to raise them without being undermined by rampant commercialism. CCFC is headquartered at the NonProfit Center in Boston.
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Back-to-School Shopping Gets Lean And Mean

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 16:00
Kids won't be the only miserable people during these waning days of summer, when the first day of school lurks like a dour detention officer. The retailers selling students back-to-school clothing, supplies and gadgets will be pretty sad souls too.

Marketing Earth Day (and Other Stuff) to Children

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 16:00
Between greeting cards, jewelry, mugs, and teddy bears commemorating the day, its roots in environmental activism have all but been forgotten. Now corporations use Earth Day to sell us on the belief that we can buy our way into ecological sustainability. We can't.

CCFC's Joe Kelly on Fox News' "Fox and Friends"

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 16:00
Video of CCFC's Joe Kelly on Fox News' "Fox and Friends"

Chinese Learn English the Disney Way

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 16:00
Mickey Mouse has a new job in China: teaching kids how to speak English at new schools owned by Walt Disney Co. popping up in this bustling city.

Study Finds Some Youths 'Addicted' to Video Games

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 16:00
A new study concludes that children can become addicted to playing video games, with some skimping on homework, lying about how much they play and struggling, without success, when they try to cut back.

Children's Media Policy Council Wants FCC to Require Ratings for Ads

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 16:00
The Children's Media Policy Council, whose members include Children Now, The PTA, the American Psychological Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, wants the FCC to fix the V-chip/ratings system, including adding ratings for "inapproriate TV commercials" and embedded advertising in broadcast and cable shows so parents can potentially block those as well.

Warner Builds Pic with Lego

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 16:00
Studio to bring playthings to the bigscreen.

Dell Unveils Nickelodeon PC for Kids

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 16:00
The Dell Inspiron Mini Nickelodeon Edition will come clad in the Viacom Inc channel's trademark "green slime" design, with additional designs based on programs such as "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "iCarly."

Nielsen: Record June for Gaming

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 16:00
Critical mass of gamers on next-generation consoles presents opportunity for marketers

For Families Today, Technology is Morning's First Priority

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 16:00
Breakfast Can Wait. The Day’s First Stop Is Online.

Hollywood Turns to the Toy Chest

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 16:00
View-Master, Monopoly, Ouija will follow "Tranformers," "G.I. Joe" to the big screen.

Is the Princess Stereotype Harming Our Daughters?

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 16:00
Little girls love glamorous princesses, but as Disney launches its newest, Tiana, a study says the stereotype is harmful.

Child-Proofing Your Ads: New Maine Law Restricts Marketing to Minors

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 16:00
The new law, set to go into effect in September, broadly restricts using any personal information about minors for marketing products or services.

Disney Expert Uses Science to Draw Boy Viewers

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 16:00
Kelly Peña, or “the kid whisperer,” as some Hollywood producers call her, was digging through a 12-year-old boy’s dresser drawer here on a recent afternoon. Her undercover mission: to unearth what makes him tick and use the findings to help the Walt Disney Company reassert itself as a cultural force among boys.

CCFC Takes Aim At PG-13 Film Ads In Letter To FTC

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 16:00
Says ads inappropriate for airing during kids programming, MPAA takes issue with the complaint

Activists Reject Having It Burger King’s ‘SquarePants’ Way

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 16:00
Eyebrows have gone up a bit higher than usual over a current promotion for a children’s value meal called the 99-cent B.K. Kids Meal, which features SpongeBob SquarePants of Nickelodeon cable TV fame.

CCFC to Nickelodeon: Did you approve the SpongeBob SquareButt Burger King commercial?

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 16:00
The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood is asking whether Nickelodeon Television President Cyma Zarghami approved the controversial SpongeBob SquareButt television commercial. 

Burger King SpongeBob Ad Too Sexual?

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 16:00
The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) has launched a letter-writing campaign demanding that Nickelodeon and Burger King immediately pull a new, "highly sexualized" television ad for BK's 99-cent SpongeBob Kids Meal.

CCFC to Nick and Burger King: SpongeBob and Sexualization Don't Mix

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 16:00
The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) has launched a letter-writing campaign demanding that Nickelodeon and Burger King immediately pull a new, highly sexualized, television ad for SpongeBob SquarePants Kids Meals. 

Junk Food Ads For Children Drop By a Third - Ofcom

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 16:00
LONDON - Ofcom has estimated the amount of TV advertising for less healthy foods seen by children has dropped by a third since the introduction of stricter regulations in April 2007.