kids advertising

New Kids' TV Channel Raises Product-Placement Concerns

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:29:12 -0400

Full article: Los Angeles Times
Joe Flint and Dawn Chmielewski
The Hub, co-owned by Hasbro, launches Oct. 10. Several shows are built around products, but officials downplay worries: 'Kids are not going to want to see 30-minute infomercials,' one says.

Media Minutes: February 20, 2009

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:05:01 -0500

After a five-year struggle against BellSouth and Cox Cable, the town of Lafayette, La., began offering its new fiber-optic broadband service. And a new film by the Media Education Foundation connects corporate marketing to kids with child health and societal changes.

Media Minutes 2009-02-20

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:01:57 -0500

'Consuming Kids' Goes Inside the Twisted World of 21st Century Children's Marketing

Stevie Converse — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:04:08 -0500

Full article: ACME Coalition
Rob Willilams
A new video by the Media Education Foundation looks at the ways in which marketers spend an annual $17 billion to advertise to kids.