This Wondrous National Park… Brought to You By McDonald’s? Common Dreams Jon Queally A controversial set of new rules quietly given final approval over the recent holiday—allowing national parks in the United States to expand...
READ MOREPark Service Approves Proposal To Allow Ads Inside National Parks Consumerist Mary Beth Quirk While we were all snoozing in between Christmas and the new year, the National Park Service went ahead and approved revisions to its policy that will...
READ MOREDisregarding Public Concern, the National Park Service Finalizes Commercialism Policy and Opens Parks to Industry Influence Statement of Kristen Strader, Campaign Coordinator, Public Citizen’s Commercial Alert Program Note: After months of...
READ MOREBreast-feeding can combat climate change devex Jennifer Ehidiamen Combating the impact of climate change is one of the biggest issues facing the global development community. But one nutrition expert at UNICEF has suggested a major and...
READ MORENats get go-ahead for digital billboards outside ballpark — but not as many as they want The Washington Post Luz Lazo Flashing digital billboards could be coming to the walls of Nationals Park as early as next year. The D.C. Council has approved...
READ MORESamsung Smart TVs Force Ads Onto Menu Screen AdAge George Slefo Consumers might describe Samsung’s most recent update to its internet-connected TV sets as anything but “smart.” The South Korean-manufacturing giant rolled out an...
READ MORECelebrity isn’t just harmless fun – it’s the smiling face of the corporate machine The Guardian George Monbiot Now that a reality TV star is preparing to become president of the United States, can we agree that celebrity culture is more than just...
READ MOREStudy Tied to Food Industry Tries to Discredit Sugar Guidelines The Washington Post Anahad O’Connor A prominent medical journal on Monday published a scathing attack on global health advice to eat less sugar. Warnings to cut sugar, the...
READ MORENo Surprise Here: Research Shows Some Junk Food Ads Disproportionately Target Black Children Essence Lauren Porter Some fast food advertisers target Black children when trying to market their products, but a recent study shows just how...
READ MOREFacebook will let people block certain types of ads, starting with ads for alcohol and parenting Business Insider Alex Heath For the first time, Facebook will let people in the US block certain types of ads from appearing in their News Feeds...
READ MOREOnline Influencers Called Out in Second Letter to FTC Lexology Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP Reiterating their concerns about online influencers, Public Citizen and three other consumer groups sent a second letter to the Federal Trade...
READ MOREMore Ads Are Being Delivered Via Connected TVs The Wall Street Journal Mike Shields As more Americans employ web-connected TVs and start growing more accustomed to watching shows on demand through apps instead of cable, more ad space is opening...
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