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Campaign For A Commercial Free Childhood
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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Teens: Recessions Are For Grown-Ups
While most of America is shopping less these days, a new study finds that there's no sign of a slowdown among mall-loving teens. It finds they're still spending plenty of time sashaying through their favorite stores.
In Summer, Kids Need Real Play Time
If you're looking for ways to get your children to move more this summer, show them the games you played as a kid, such as chasing lightning bugs, jumping rope, playing kickball, flying a kite or using a hula hoop. In this age of high-tech entertainment, call it retro play.
Your Company's Name Here...
County Office of Education's courtship of corporate sponsors could raise big cash and concerns about the lessons learned
Children Are Too Frequent Targets of PG-13 Movie Ads, Group Charges
A Harvard-based childrens advocacy group is stepping up its confrontation with movie studios over how PG-13 films are marketed.
Transformers Marketing Still Not Transformed: CCFC Urges FTC to Act
After 16 Months, MPAA Still Ignores FTC Staffs Request on Marketing Violent PG-13 Movies to Children; CCFC Urges FTC to Take Action.
Disney Unveils Kids' Laptop Amid Shopper Thrift
Walt Disney Co is introducing $350 netbooks for children ahead of the holidays, even as other toy companies shy away from expensive items to appease recession-hit shoppers.
Kmart, BK, Mars Partner With 'Transformers' -- and Each Other
For years, Hollywood studios have gleaned millions in soft marketing dollars from brands seeking a lift from summer blockbusters. And Paramount Pictures, with its June 24 release, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," is no exception
Parents Send Father's Day Appeal to President Obama: Protect Children from Corporate Marketers
Today, the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood sent a Father's Day appeal to President Obama, signed by over twenty five hundred parents, petitioning him to launch a systematic review of the regulations on marketing to children to determine if they offer sufficient protection for twenty-first century families.
Rivals Unafraid to Borrow, or Steal, From Each Other
Early in his tenure as chairman of the Walt Disney Company, Michael Eisner said he became so frustrated with the competitive advantage that Nickelodeon held over the Disney Channel among young cable viewers that he set about poaching a cadre of Nickelodeon executives, including Rich Ross, who now oversees the Disney Channel.
Kraft Singles Launches Yearlong "Smiles" Campaign
Reps today are giving away the sandwiches made with Kraft Singles cheese at the world premiere of Walt Disney Pictures Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood.
Obama to Name Jon Leibowitz FTC Chairman
Appointment Could Signal a More Aggressive Agency on Privacy, Behavioral Marketing
Brazilian Prosecutor Wants to Ban Fast-Food Toys
Charging that toys sold with meals in fast-food outlets can lead children to develop bad eating habits, a Brazilian prosecutor on Monday asked a judge to ban such sales nationally at chains including McDonald's and Burger King.
Tween Brands Installs In-Store Network
Tween Brands, the largest retailer targeting tween girls (age 7-14), recently finished installation of The Tween Network in 600 of its Justice and Limited Too stores.
Children Get First Mobile Phone at Average Age of Eight
More than a third of children (35 per cent) own a mobile by the time they are that age, the charity Personal Finance Education Group (pfeg) discovered.
Cablers' Outlook Not as Grim as Prime Time
Early budgets for this year's kids' upfront indicate that kiddie cablers such as Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Disney Channel will experience less-severe cutbacks than their adult counterparts, with early projections pegging the kids' upfront market at flat to down 2% compared with last year's nearly $1 billion take.
Where the Kids Are
Any parent knows how hard it is to keep an eye on several children all at once. So imagine how marketers feel having to keep track of a massive group of them.
Online Kids Playground Gets Rough
Sources: between 50 percent and 75 percent of dollars being spent on kids Web properties these days are not part of integrated TV packages
The Hostile Takeover of Childhood
Children are in greater physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual danger now than at any other time during the life of this nationand the threat is coming from a multi-billion dollar industry that is using the latest advances in psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience to transform children into profitable consumers from cradle to grave.
Tobacco Regulation Is Expected to Face a Free-Speech Challenge
The marketing and advertising restrictions in the tobacco law that Congress passed last week are likely to be challenged in court on free-speech grounds. But supporters of the legislation say they drafted the law carefully to comply with the First Amendment.
Brands Cozy Up to Bond's Growing Appeal
Daniel Craig, the sixth and latest James Bond, didnt just bring in new fans with his debut two years ago. He also has lured new marketers to the movie franchise well-known for product placement and tie-ins.
