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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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Schoolhouse Rocks With Milk Rocks
New York-based MilkMedia has developed the Milk Rocks! program, a school initiative that intends to up the cool factor of moo juice by associating it with kid-friendly pop, rock, rap, soul and country artists on milk cartons, book covers, lunchroom posters and other school materials.
Fuzzy Renaissance
Disney prepares to use its marketing magic to bring back the 'Muppets.'
School Children Thrown Overboard into Commercial Sea
"At Sea in a Marketing-Saturated World," the eleventh annual report on schoolhouse commercialism released by the Arizona State University Commercialism in Education Research Unit (CERU), finds that children live, breathe, and play with branded products in and outside of school.
Cartoon Network's Star Wars Mall Tour, It Is
Cartoon Network today is blasting off an eight-week mall tour in support of its latest animated Star Wars series.
Products Placed: How Companies Pay Artists to Include Brands in Lyrics
Some artists have gone so far as to approach companies with offers to include brand and product names in their song lyrics.
Bratz Books Expelled from US School Book Suppliers
One of America's largest distributors of books to schools has stopped listing Bratz books, after a campaign from parents saying the characters contributed to the sexualisation of children.
JibJab Caters to New Crowd: 'High School Musical' Fans
JibJab and Disney have teamed to offer free customizable web videos of the "HSM3" musical number "Now or Never," already shown on Disney TV properties.
Distributor Gives Bratz the Boot
The largest distributor of children's books to Canadian schools has decided to yank all Bratz books from its roster after parents and psychologists complained the controversial dolls promoted "precocious sexuality.
CCFC Expels Bratz From Schools
Following an eighteen-month campaign by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC), Scholastic, Inc. will no longer be promoting the controversial and highly sexualized Bratz brand in schools.
Study: Gamers Respond to Ads
36 percent of gamers who see marketing messages take action.
TechCrunch50: Start-Ups Target Kids
Silicon Valleys entrepreneurial energy is being served up in highly concentrated form this week, at a San Francisco conference called the TechCrunch50.
BusRadio Proposal Should Be Silenced
Exposing this captive audience to the radio ads that accompany this national programming is not in the best interests of either the district or its students.
Strapped for Cash, Schools Eye Bus Ads
Several Michigan districts in talks to accept ads on kids' transportation.
NASCAR Team Pitches to Youth
Fenway Sports Group, the sports marketing firm of Red Sox principal owner John Henry, is taking an unprecedented approach to cultivating a new generation of racing buffs in New England - by aggressively marketing its NASCAR Racing team to children.
Robin Summerfield: So sexy, so soon
Kids are being sold a sexualized message at earlier ages than ever, say the authors of a new book
JCPenny Chimes In With Disney On 'High School Musical 3'
Hoping to cash in on Disney's lucrative "High School Musical" franchise, JC Penney is launching the "JCPenney Best Seat in the House 'High School Musical 3' Sweepstakes."
CCFC Praises Landmark South Carolina School Bus Ad Ban
Yesterday, South Carolina became the first state to ban all forms of school bus advertising.
MPAA: Not All PG-13 Films Are Alike
Motion Picture Association of America ratings-board head Joan Graves defends advertising PG-13 films to kids.
Ads Banned on South Carolina School Buses
Senator Greg Ryberg from Aiken praised the South Carolina State Board of Education for taking action to protect children who ride school buses from unwanted and potentially harmful messages.
Europe Takes Aim at Sexist Ads
Last week, the legislature voted 504 to 110 to scold advertisers for sexual stereotyping, adopting a nonbinding report that seeks to prod the industry to change the way it depicts men and women.
