Posts Tagged ‘ Alloy Media and Marketing ’

Channel One News wants your daughter to visit gURL.com.

January 31, 2012
Channel One News wants your daughter to visit gURL.com.

  From Jim Metrock: You’re about to see and read some disgusting stuff. Especially when you consider this material is aimed at teens, preteens, and very possibly elementary school-age children. Welcome to Channel One News’s sister company gURL.com. Channel One News is now urging children of all ages to not only visit this sexually...
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New Feature: Question and answers about Channel One News

November 7, 2011
New Feature: Question and answers about Channel One News

        Q: Why is Channel One advertising The Vampire Diaries to teens and preteens?   A:  Channel One News is constantly promoting The Vampire Diaries because the Vampire books and the TV show on the CW Network were created by Channel One’s parent company Alloy Media and Marketing. Alloy took over...
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Ad job

July 24, 2011
Ad job

  From Jim Metrock: Well it’s been over a month since Channel One News posted a help wanted ad for the open position of Vice-President of Ad Sales.  One would ordinarily think that in this terrible economy people would be flooding Channel One with applications and resumes. But, it’s… Channel… One… News. Working for...
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Channel One News airs ads for edgy Teen.com in middle schools.

June 29, 2011
Channel One News airs ads for edgy Teen.com in middle schools.

  Channel One News and Teen,com article      
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Applicant must be desperate and familiar with exploiting schoolchildren.

June 22, 2011
Applicant must be desperate and familiar with exploiting schoolchildren.

  It’s tough to hold one’s nose while filling out an application form, but if you live for a challenge, it can be done at Mediabistro click here. Register (it’s free) and then send your information off to Alloy/Channel One. Good luck.  
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Bloody Vampire Diaries pitched to preteens on Channel One News

June 17, 2011
Bloody Vampire Diaries pitched to preteens on Channel One News

  May 31, 2011 – It didn’t appear to make sense for Alloy Media and Marketing to take over the assets of the all-but-bankrupt Channel One Network in 2007. To Alloy, Channel One News was worth the gamble because Channel One could be used to promote Alloy’s various other endeavors. Alloy has gained a...
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20 years of collapse… in two pictures.

June 13, 2011
20 years of collapse… in two pictures.

  Above: August 1991 – Channel One News moves into the new Whittle Communications headquarters in Knoxville, TN. (Building cost $50-$70 million.) Below: June, 2011 – Channel One News headquarters at Alloy Media and Marketing, 151 West 26th Street, New York City. (11th floor)  
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A pop quiz about – HEY, WATCH THE NEW SEASON OF PRETTY LITTLE LIARS THIS JUNE – the trapped miners in Chile.

April 20, 2011
A pop quiz about – HEY, WATCH THE NEW SEASON OF PRETTY LITTLE LIARS THIS JUNE – the trapped miners in Chile.

The video clip below is from the April 13, 2011 Channel One News program shown to middle school students. Alloy Media and Marketing created the extremely controversial Pretty Little Liar books and TV show. Underage drinking is glorified routinely in the books and TV program. For a show aimed at pre-teens and teens, the...
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Channel One News is Number Zero for advertising this movie

January 24, 2011
Channel One News is Number Zero for advertising this movie

From Channel One’s website channelone.com. January 24, 2011 There is no MPAA rating label on movies advertised on Channel One’s site. There’s a reason for that. It hurts sales. This is a PG-13 movie. Channel One News promised school boards in 2000 they would cease advertising PG-13 movies to middle school students. That meant...
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BusinessWeek: Alloy and Teenage Girls

October 15, 2010

Alloy Wants to Own Teenage Girls The entertainment company dominates teen books, television, and film, so why not the Web, or the rest of the world? By Susan Berfield Josh Bank is a cheerful guy in a red-checked shirt and pressed khakis with millions of young women under his influence. On this Sunday morning in...
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