December 2007

Web Playgrounds of the Very Young (New York Times, 12/31/07)

The New Brand Ambassadors (Adweek, 12/31/07)

A-B Sees Web as Fertile Ground for Advertising Efforts (St. Louis Post Dispatch, 12/20/07)

Smart' toys try to teach without kids knowing it (Seacoast Online, 12/23/07)

Boost children's self-esteem, curb 'gimme' attitude (Chicago Tribune, 12/23/07)

HarperCollins Partners With MySpace (Web Pro News, 12/21/07)

Study: Alcohol Marketing to Youths Shifts from Print to Cable TV (Brandweek, 12/19/07)

Trouble in toytown (Times Online (UK), 12/20/07)

Lessons of 'Snowpeople' not cool (Marketplace, 12/18/07)

Kiddies' Wired Wish Lists (Wall Street Journal, 12/19/07)

Barbie's off boozin' with the Bratz Pack (Yourhub.com, 12/16/07)

Top Online Advertiser Making a Raw Impression (ClickZ Network, 12/17/07)

Ad Groups Want to Block FCC Rule-Making on Product Placement (Advertising Age, 12/17/07)

Shop by phone gets new meaning (USA Today, 12/19/07)

Bonfire of the Disney Princesses (The Nation, 12/11/07)

Ads on Webkinz draw criticism (New Jersey Star-Ledger, 12/17/07)

A new era in play (USA Weekend, 12/16/07)

Fast food gets its greasy hands on report cards (Chicago Tribune, 12/16/07)

Ad interaction gaining traction (Sun-Times, 12/16/07)

Food companies sign EU ad pledge (UK Guardian, 12/11/07)

Born to Shop: How Marketers Brainwash Babies (Alternet, 12/13/07)

Webkinz Takes Heat For Taking Advertising (MediaPost, 12/14/07)

Shift Away From Ad-Free Has a Price (New York Times, 12/13/07)
Bus driver questions satellite radio service for children (Archdiocese of Denver, 12/12/2007)

So That’s Why They Drink Coke on TV (New York Times, 12/9/2007)

Guess Who's Seeing Web Traffic Soar: Kraft and Co. (Advertising Age, 12/10/07)

Study finds commercialism harms Britain's kids (Telegraph UK, 12/10/07)

Texas Accuses Web Marketers Of Targeting Children Unlawfully (Brandweek, 12/10/07) 

Heidi Klum In The Valley Of The (Star)Dolls (Brandweek, 12/10/07)

Bratz Media Empire Grows (Video Business, 12/5/07)

Kids Bombarded by Unsuitable Web Ads (The Guardian Unlimited, UK, 12/6/07)

FTC Ends Brainy-Baby Video Investigation (The Associated Press, 12/6/07)

Seminole students get McDonald's bonus on report cards (Orlando Sentinel, 12/6/07)

Straight A's, With a Burger as a Prize (New York Times, 12/6/07)

Parents concerned over advertising on BusRadio (News 13, Central Florida, 12/3/07)

Teens stress most over body image (The Sunshine Coast Daily, 12/4/07)

Eight states sue R.J. Reynolds over Rolling Stone feature (Advertising Age, 12/4/07)

US kids find it easy to buy adult-rated videogames: survey (AFP, 12/5/07)

Eat, drink and be miserable (The Guardian, 12/3/07)

Stealth marketing concerns over kids online sites (CBS 5, KPIX, 11/30/07)

Even for kids, it's the shoes (Cincinnati Enquirer, 12/1/07)

Putting the 'I' in viral makes web ads infectious (Brandweek, 12/3/07)

PlayStation's game plan: scale ad rates for videos (Adweek, 12/3/07)

November 2007

Social networking for pre-teens (Sydney Morning Herald, 11/29/07)

New ad venue: PTA newsletters (Adweek, 11/29/07)

Hey, New Prairie parents: Do you know what your kids are listening to? (LaPorte Herald-Argus, 11/29/07)

For toddlers, toy of choice is tech device (New York Times, 11/28/07)

Materialism in Children and Adolescents Linked to Self-Esteem (University of Minnesota Press Release, 11/26/07)

Taking the Axe to Unilever's hypocrisy (Toronto Star, 11/28/07)

RJ Reynolds to stop print ads next year (Associated Press, 11/28/07)

Channel One: New owner, old issues (Advertising Age, 11/26/07)

Antismoking activist calls Rolling Stone insert "One great big cigarette ad" (New York Times, 11/25/07)

Videogame teaches teen girls to slither up social ladder (CanWest News Service, 11/22/07)

BusRadio opens to kids' mixed reviews (Orlando Sentinel, 11/23/07)

Facebook users complain of new tracking (Red Orbit, 11/21/07)

Dove viral draws heat from critics (Advertising Age, 11/26/07)

Stores use lure of children's literature (Boston Herald, 11/23/07)

Dispute over push to get social Web sites in classroom (Union Leader Correspondent, 11/23/07)

'Junk food rules should cover all media,' say marketers (Guardian Unlimited, 11/21/07)

Morgan Spurlock asks 'What would Jesus buy?" (MTV Movies Blog, 11/21/07)

Can advertising save our schools? (Esquire, 11/20/07)

Miller, Anheuser-Busch may be illegally targeting teens with energy drinks (Fox News, 11/20/07)

Senators urge tougher rating for "Manhunt" game (Reuters, 11/20/07)

NYC schools: chattering classes? (Advertising Age, 11/19/07)

Educators weigh merits of social network sites (LA Times, 11/19/07)

Disney reaches to the crib to extend princess magic (Wall Street Journal, 11/19/07)

Why is the National School Boards Association Selling Kids on MySpace? (CCFC Press Release)

What kids learn in virtual worlds (C-Net News, 11/15/07)

New Facebook, MySpace ad programs prompt FTC complaint (C-Net News, 11/12/07)

Transformers, Barbie top a hot toys list (C-Net News, 11/15/07)

This historical fact brought to you by Hyundai (Advertising Age, 11/15/07)

Hard to find sanctuary from $17 billion in marketing to kids (National Catholic Reporter, 11/16/07)

Kids and consumerism (National Catholic Reporter, 11/16/07)

Facebook executives lacking decency (Daily Trojan, 11/9/07)

Pressure mounts for pre-9pm ad ban (Marketing Week, 11/13/07)

Howard  pledges new ABC channel to appease worries parents of TV (Herald Sun, 11/10/07)

Can advertisers ward off looming threat of do not track list (Information Week, 11/10/07)

Fashion bullies attack - in middle school (Wall Street Journal, 10/25/07)

CCFC Statement: Boston misses the bus on alcohol advertising (11/8/07)

Marketing to teens online (Business Week, 11/7/07)

Targeting ads on social networks (The click Z Network, 11/8/07)

UK ban on junk food ads not working (The Sydney Morning Herald, 11/8/07)

Screen violence tied to boys' aggression: study (Yahoo News, 11/5/07)

Body spray ads amuse, but do they offend, too? (Sacramento Bee, 11/6/07)

Dr Pepper intros advergame for the iPhone (Marketing Daily, 11/6/07)

A company's ugly contradiction (Boston Globe, 11/5/07)

Facebook to Add Shopping Service to Its Menu (Advertising Age, 11/5/07)

Group Objects To Military Recruitment Ads At Schools (Channel 3000, 11/3/07)

Consumer groups bite back on a global scale (ABC News, 11/1/07)

October 2007

Child Advocates Upset Over "Manhunt 2" (Associated Press, 10/30/07)

TV-hypertension link could fan kid food ad debate (Food Navigator, 10/31/07)

Forum to focus on online privacy (San Francisco Chronicle, 11/1/07)

The baby brain-drain (Times Online, 11/1/07)

Privacy Groups Propose Do-Not-Track List (Advertising Age, 10/30/07)

Jerry Seinfeld Defends Wife's Healthy Cookbook, Does McDonald's Ads (The Huffington Post, 10/30/07)

Children Especially Vulnerable to Increasingly Intrusive Advertising (Newswise, 10/30/07)

Raising a Brand-Free Kid (the Tyee, 10/30/07)

Kids Eating Same Things For Breakfast 20 Years On (Marketing Daily, 10/29/07)

Sexual Messages Harming NZ Children - Studies (The Epoch Times, 10/29/07)

CCFC Statement  on the Release of Manhunt 2 

Rush, little baby (Boston Globe, 10/28/07)

Call to go hard on soft drinks (Herald Sun, 10/29/07)

Consumer mouse that is roaring (Sydney Morning Herald, 10/29/07)

Nick Rethinks Partnerships To Promote SpongeBob To Kids (Brandweek, 10/29/07)

Bad products to be named and shamed (Sydney Morning Herald, 10/29/07)

Are young girls dressing too revealingly? (Good Morning America, 10/27/07)

Pay Up, Kid, or Your Igloo Melts (New York Times, 10/28/07)

Virtual worlds threaten 'values' (BBC News, 10/25/07)

New ways to ingest nicotine -- and fight it (Star-Tribune, 10/25/07)

Digging into Facebook's ad future (C-Net News, 10/25/07)

'Red-band' Web trailers show all the nasty bits (Los Angeles Times, 10/26/07)

Facebook set to introduce major ad play (Advertising Age, 10/23/07)

Goodbye treats, hello tricks (Toronto Sun, 10/20/07)

New Zealand group says don't sex up children (New Zealand Herald, 10/19/07)

Disney wields its marketing magic (Denver Post, 10/19/07)

BusRadio needs parental oversight (Rocky Mountain News 10/22/07)

Is virtual world advertising harmful to kids? (Marketing Pilgrim, 10/22/07)

Serious gaming starts at 6 (Advertising Age, 10/18/07)

Babes in BrandLand (Brandweek, 10/17/07)

Are kids ready for ads in virtual worlds? (C-Net News, 10/16/07)

CCFC to McDonald’s:  Stop Selling Sex with a Side of Fries (or Apple Dippers) (CCFC Press

Release, 10/16/07)

Nestle, Dannon non-committal could lead to regulations (Food Navigator, 10/12/07)

Unilever shuns stereotypes of women (unless talking to men) (New York Times, 10/15/07)

Seminole may make U-turn for BusRadio (Orlando Sun-Sentinel, 10/12/07)

When the PC becomes a parenting problem (C-Net News, 10/11/07)

Under guise of environmental education, Unilever promotes brand to schoolchildren (Environmental Leader, 10/11/07)

Seminole's school buses should be delivering students, not radio advertising (Orlando Sentinal, 10/11/07)

How did board allow BusRadio onboard? (Union Tribune, 10/11/07)

CCFC accuses Unilever of ad hypocrisy (LA Times, 10/10/07)

Palm Beach County schools consider BusRadio (South Florida Sun Sentinel, 10/10/07)

Unhappy moms want wholesome alternatives to Bratz (Arizona Republic, 10/10/07)

The Hottest Thing in Kids Marketing? Imitating Webkinz (Advertising Age, 10/8/07)

Bratz:Super Babyz coming to DVD (The Trades, 10/7/07)

This is your brain on advertising (Business Week, 10/8/07)

Wishful thinking: DVDs bring out baby geniuses (Washington Post, 10/9/07)

CCFC to Unilever:  Ax the Axe Campaign if You Care about “Real Beauty” (CCFC Press Release, 10/9/07)

Disney recall includes 35,000 Baby Einstein blocks (News Inferno, 10/4/07)

ConAGra To limit food ads to kids (Broadcasting & Cable, 10/4/07)

Nintendo Wii takes a murderous turn (USA Today, 10/3/07)

Sao Paulo bans billboards (Commercial Alert, 10/1/07)

A new digital twist on two of the most beloved Hasbro games (PR Newswire, 10/4/07)

Use Of Play Plastic In Game Of Life Divides Experts (The Courant, 10/4/07)

Coming soon to kindergarten: anti-piracy ed (C-Net News, 10/2/07)

Market shift could benefit kids' licensed foods, report (Food Navigator, 10/2/07)

The virtual playground (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, 10/1/07)

September 2007

Bratz Advertised on School Milk Cartons (Hollywood Reporter, 9/28/07)

Congressmen Tackle Product Placement (TV Week, 9/27/07)

Military recruiters sponsor Halo 3 release party (Manchester Union Leader, 9/25/07)

These days, some teens covet expensive brand names in purses, accessories (LA Times, 9/25/07)

Retailers Target Tween Girls (Omaha World Herald, 9/25/07)

Surroundings contribute to teen obesity (USA Today, 9/24/07)

MySpace to Discuss Latest Effort to Customize Ads for Members (New York Times, 9/18/07)

SpongeBob Pushes Deeper Into Electronics Aisle (New York Times, 9/18/07)

Junk Food Report Due in Congress (Broadcast and Cable, 9/17/07)

Toys for Saps (New York Times, 9/16/07)

Do Racy Ads Aimed at Teens Cross a Line? (ABC News, 9/11/07)

Burger King Introduces Fruity Side as It Agrees to Limits on Kid-Aimed Ads (AdAge, 9/11/07)

No outdoor play 'hurts children'  (BBC, 9/10/07)

Another Study Slams Food Ads Aimed at Children (AdAge, 9/4/07)

Selling to Kids - Virtually (Channel 4.com, 9/4/07)

August 2007

Kids seem to respond to licensing of product (AP, 8/31/07)

Who knows your student? From marketers to the military, kids’ info is in demand  (County Courrier, 8/30/07)

Energy Booze Ad Attack Hits Marketers in Wallet (AdAge, 8/27/07)

Doctors Skeptical of Food Industry Ad Pledge (ABC News, 8/24/07)

Facebook Gets Personal With Ad Targeting Plan (Wall Street Journal, 8/24/07)

Lolita's Closet: Unbearably trampy back-to-school clothes (Slate, 8/24/07)

Poll Shows Growing Concern About Role of Advertising in Child Obesity (Wall Street Journal, 8/21/07)

Cartoon characters labeled food villains (Guardian, 8/21/07)

Attorneys general sign petition against 'alcopops' (Small Business Times, 8/21/07)

Webkinomics: Cute, Cuddly and Creating a Halo Effect (AdAge, 8/20/07)

Child's Play (New York Times, 8/20/07)

A brand-new batch of cell phones takes aim at kids as young as 5 (Business Week, 8/13/07)

FTC Issues Subpoenas to Food Marketers (Adweek, 8/10/07)

Here Comes 'Halo 3' with a Side Order of Fries (Wall Street Journal, 8/9/07)

Computers for 3-Year-Olds (8/9/07)

Sears Targets Tweens Online (Chicago Sun Times, 8/9/07)

Virtual worlds for kids take off (The Guardian, 8/9/07)

Interior design's youth movement; retailers target teens' and tweens' personal spaces (Boston Globe, 8/9/07)

Parents tricked by Baby Einstein (Brisbane Times, 8/6/07)

Marketing tricks tots' taste buds (AP, 8/6/07)

Growing up too fast (Salt Lake Tribune, 8/6/07)

Disney Hit Proves YouTube Isn't Only Way to Target Teens (AdAge, 8/6/07)

Playground Networking, Now Online  (Washington Post, 8/3/07)

Alcohol, Energy Drinks, and Youth: A Dangerous Mix (Marin Institute, 8/2/07)

More than a doll, baby (Philadelphia Inquirer, 8/2/07)

Too Sexy, Too Soon (Parents.com, 8/01/07)

Teens seek luxury items for back-to-school wardrobes (AP, 8/1/07)

July 2007

We are coming for your children (The Guardian, 7/31/07)

Australian Labor Party Battles the Ogre of Pester Power (Sydney Morning Herald, 7/31/07)

Giving kids new outlets, unplugged and even outdoors (USA Today, 7/30/07)

Fury over 'violent' robot gift for kids (Daily Mirror, 7/27/07)

Robbing the Cradle? If Marketers Get Their Way, That Bundle of Joy Can Cost a Bundle (Knowledge@Wharton, 7/25/07)

Soon, Cell Phones Will Tap Into In-Store Marketing (Media Post, 7/25/07)

Starvation diets of schoolgirls striving for supermodel size (Daily Mail, 7/24/07)

Diet Soda, Metabolic Syndrome Linked (LA Times, 7/24/07)

New Products: Oh Boy! Disney Sees Market For Pre-Teen Fragrances (Brandweek, 7/23/07)

New Barbies don't just have outfits - they have docking stations (International Herald Tribune, 7/23/07)

Big Food Cuts $1B in Kid Ads; Pols' Hunger Still Not Sated (Adage, 7/23/07)

Limiting Ads of Junk Food to Children (New York Times, 7/18/07)

What Exactly Are NBC, Alloy Getting Into With Channel One Deals? (AdAge 7/16/07)

Markey Says Marketers Won't Follow Kellogg's Lead (Broadcasting & Cable, 7/11/07)

Watching Food Ads on TV May Program Kids to Overeat (Wall Street Journal 7/10/07)

NBC, Channel One classmates (7/09/07)

Violent shows aim toys at little kids (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, 7/10/07)

Food Marketers Seem Set to Unveil Kids-Advertising Guidelines (AdAge.com, 7/6/07)

Virtual Worlds Aren't Just for Reaching Adults Anymore (Click Z, 7/05/07)

Teens don't catch warnings in alcohol ads (Salt Lake Tribune, 7/3/07)

Study by Wake Forest professor says toddlers learn little from TV (Winston-Salem Journal, 7/3/07)