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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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Hasbro, Discovery to Form TV Network
Toy maker Hasbro Inc. and cable-TV programmer Discovery Communications on Thursday said they will form a joint venture to create a TV network and Web site with new programming based on Hasbro brands
Hershey Sponsors Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
The Hershey Company rolls out the red carpet as an official sponsor of Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian by inviting movie fans to experience what really happens when the Smithsonians lights go out.
Warning: TV Content Controls on the Table
A new push by activist groups would allow viewers to block objectionable advertising material
Marketers Build Brand Loyalty In Schools
Many marketers try to get their products into consumers' hands as early as possible to build brand loyalty. That means companies are heading to the classroom. Sean Cole reports.
How Hasbro Is Getting Movies Made About Its Toys
Mattel More Reluctant to Hand Over Brands to Hollywood Talent
Marketing Earth Day (and Other Stuff) to Children
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"
Video of CCFC's Joe Kelly on Fox News' "Fox and Friends"
Chinese Learn English the Disney Way
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
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
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.
Disney Expert Uses Science to Draw Boy Viewers
Kelly Peña, or the kid whisperer, as some Hollywood producers call her, was digging through a 12-year-old boys 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.
Activists Reject Having It Burger Kings SquarePants Way
Eyebrows have gone up a bit higher than usual over a current promotion for a childrens 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?
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?
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
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.
Hitmakers and Fundraisers: School Book Fairs
As the school budgets are tightened up, the parents the PTA are looking for different ways to fund-raise, Brown says. Luckily, people save their discretionary income for their children.
Coca-Cola Testing Interactive Vending Machines
Shoppers will come upon the units in high traffic locations and can use the large format touch screen displays to interact with and buy Coca-Cola products.
Advertisers Brace for Online Viral Marketing Curbs
Advertisers in the US are bracing themselves for regulatory changes that they fear will curtail their efforts to tap into the fast-growing online social media phenomenon.
Ask Seventeen a Question, Get Answer From Expert or Advertiser
Using technology from Answerology, which Hearst Magazines Digital Media bought in March 2008, the website for Seventeen magazine has recently added an area called "Get Advice!" and the CosmoGirl site has introduced "Ask It."
How Young Is Too Young for Video Games
There are plenty of toddler-targeted games on the market these days.
