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Channel One News is a no-show as school begins across nation.

August 8, 2014
Channel One News is a no-show as school begins across nation.

  From Jim Metrock: It’s Friday, August 8, 2014 and Channel One News hasn’t shown up for class.  It is not surprising. For the last several years, Channel One has started the program later at the beginning of school, and have ended their broadcast season earlier in an attempt to cut expenses. Many schools...
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Remaining Channel One schools watch show online, if at all.

August 7, 2014
Remaining Channel One schools watch show online, if at all.

From Jim Metrock: In the “good old days” Channel One News could make money by selling ads on its in-classroom TV show.  Channel One loaned schools the TV sets to watch and could threaten to remove them if students didn’t watch the show and its commercials.  That threat was the main reason schools allowed Channel One...
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VP of Sales leaves Channel One News

August 6, 2014
VP of Sales leaves Channel One News

From Jim Metrock:  It’s tough to sell advertisers on a TV show with a rapidly disappearing audience. Channel One is still indicating Ms. Jordan is their VP of Sales, but the truth is she has left the company and is now employed by Townsquare Media. It is almost impossible to believe anything that Channel One says about...
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Shelby Holliday leaves Channel One News.

August 5, 2014
Shelby Holliday leaves Channel One News.

  From Jim Metrock: Shelby Holliday wised up and left Channel One News for a job at Bloomberg TV.  Former Channel One executive producer Jim Morris works at Bloomberg and probably had a hand in connecting with Ms. Holliday. Although Ms. Holliday helped commercially exploit millions of schoolchildren since 2010, and she should rightfully feel...
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Houghton Mifflin/Channel One’s hazardous waste problem

July 28, 2014
Houghton Mifflin/Channel One’s hazardous waste problem

        Required reading for Houghton Mifflin’s CEO Linda Zecher and SVP CJ Kettler. http://adem.alabama.gov/programs/land/landforms/CRTInd.pdf   From Jim Metrock:  Channel One thought that they could quickly and painlessly remove millions of dollars of equipment disposal fees from their balance sheet (before they were acquired by Houghton Mifflin)  by dumping the disposal costs...
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Channel One’s current contract

July 21, 2014
Channel One’s current contract

  From Jim Metrock:  This is the current Channel One contract with schools as of July 21, 2014:   Network Participation Agreement General Terms This Network Participation Agreement (this “Agreement”) sets forth the terms and conditions pursuant to which the subject school (the “School”) is entitled to participate in the Educational Network (the “Network”)...
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Trying to interact with Channel One News

July 20, 2014
Trying to interact with Channel One News

From Jim Metrock: The lazy, crazy days of summer have taken their toll on Channel One News.  The company has a section of its Channelone.com website called “Interact.”   The section sounds more engaging than it really is. Most of the content consists of simple multiple-choice quizzes or slideshows.   Below is a screen shot of Channel One’s...
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Channel One gets lazy with summer Weekly News Roundups

July 19, 2014
Channel One gets lazy with summer Weekly News Roundups

        From Jim Metrock:   During the summer months Channel One News doesn’t film any newscasts.  Why don’t they do their news program on their website for young people who look to Channel One News to keep them informed about the world?  Doesn’t Channel One News seek to “encourage students to...
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The end of the line for Channel One News.

July 8, 2014
The end of the line for Channel One News.

A peek behind the curtain reveals Channel One News is shooting blanks.  Subscription curriculum product is DOA.  Few will pay for this amateurish effort.        
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End of the line.

July 1, 2014
End of the line.


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