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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....
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Footloose content no problem for Folkemer and Haehl

October 14, 2011

From Jim Metrock: Here’s an article from CNN that has some very disturbing comments by the screenwriter of the new Footloose movie. This is the movie that Channel One News has been relentless advertising to kids down to age 11 since mid-September. The only two executives that I know who are left at Channel...
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Channel One News brings back Acuvue’s “You’re ugly AND a loser without contacts” commercial.

July 4, 2011
Channel One News brings back Acuvue’s “You’re ugly AND a loser without contacts” commercial.

From April 6, 2011 Channel One News program.   There are no rougher commercials on Channel One News than for Acuvue contact lens. The executives at C1N, Kent Haehl and Paul Folkemer, have no problem letting Acuvue get a little rough with middle school and high school student. These commercials are yet again another...
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Not Again. You Again.

September 22, 2010
Not Again. You Again.

It’s Wednesday, September 22, 2010 and Channel One News is cheating schools again. We would say they are sneaking in more advertising content over the two-minute contractual limit, but there is no “sneaking” to it.  This is just a blatant ad for a movie, but Channel One News refuses to acknowledge it as an...
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Looking back: A Channel One commercial for Twinkies.

April 4, 2010

This commercial is from a January 2001 Channel One News program.  Although currently Channel One does not air junk food commercials, there is always the fear that these kiddie marketers may bring them back to American classrooms.  That would seem to be impossible with the present concern about youth obesity, but Channel One executives...
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Channel One News Encourages Preteens To Watch MTV

January 9, 2010
Channel One News Encourages Preteens To Watch MTV

Few parents know that Alloy’s Channel One News has a long history promoting MTV shows to preteens.
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Destructo Doll

November 16, 2009
Destructo Doll

  Obligation can’t get Dr. Folkemer to answer our emails, so we put some words in his mouth. This is what we think this educator-turned-Kiddie Marketer would say. Dr. Folkemer is one of the few remaining executives at Alloy/Channel One News. He is certainly familiar with everything the company is advertising to teens and...
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Charts

December 3, 2007
Charts

  Matt Diamond is the founder and CEO of Alloy Media and Marketing. Kent Haehl used to be Channel One’s VP of Sales. He left the company several years ago and has been hired back as Channel One’s CEO. Alloy’s stock peaked at $91in 2001. Today December 3 it is trading at $6.75. There...
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Kent Haehl Redux

November 5, 2007
Kent Haehl Redux

  From Jim Metrock: Channel One News is no longer hiding the fact its main mission is to help advertisers connect with young people. The new CEO of Channel One News is Kent Haehl. He used to be Channel One’s Vice President of Sales. He was the man responsible for some awful commercials in...
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Turning Up The Sexual Tension In Class

April 19, 2003
Turning Up The Sexual Tension In Class

She’s hot and she’s back in your child’s class. These images are from the newest Shakira/Pepsi ad playing now on Channel One News. It was shown in middle schools and high schools. Shakira comes to life in a convenience store and hikes her leg up as the stunned employee grabs her thigh. Shakari is...
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