Groups Tell FTC: Enforce Your Own Policy, End Hidden Ads on Instagram FTC Has Yet to Enforce Its Policy and Stop Companies That Target Consumers and Teens With Nondisclosed Ads Through Instagram WASHINGTON, D.C. – Undisclosed paid ads are a...
READ MOREInstagram Advertisers Switch From Celebrities To ‘Microinfluencers’ Buzzfeed Leticia Miranda The push to make social media celebrities and “influencers” more honest about who is paying them to post has been complicated by the rise of a new...
READ MORETelevision Food Advertising Affects Children as Young as 2 Healthline Roberta Alexander Any parent who has tried to feed lunch to an uninterested toddler knows just how finicky even the smallest people can be. A new study, published today in the...
READ MORECommercial digital billboard proposed for Hollywood High Los Angeles Times Howard Blume The world of commerce would pry open the schoolhouse door a little wider under a proposal to put a commercial digital billboard on the campus of Hollywood...
READ MOREFight over electronic billboards’ place in D.C. moves to Nationals Park Washington Post Luz Lazo A proposal to turn the walls of Nationals Park into a lucrative revenue source by allowing flashing digital billboards has revived a debate about the...
READ MOREBig Soda and the rise of product placement Marketplace Kai Ryssdal and Adhiti Bandlamudi Product placement has become so commonplace in television and movies that audiences can barely recognize it anymore. Coca Cola buying Columbia Pictures in...
READ MOREMost Students Don’t Know When News Is Fake, Stanford Study Finds The Wall Street Journal Sue Shellenbarger Preteens and teens may appear dazzlingly fluent, flitting among social-media sites, uploading selfies and texting friends. But they’re...
READ MOREFTC Finalizes Settlement With Warner Bros. Over Secret Influencer Marketing AdAge Kate Kaye Players of Warner Bros-produced game “Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor” have more enemies than creatures like Ratbag the Meat Hoarder, like...
READ MOREPokemon Go, Iron Man Play-Doh, Game Of Life: Empire Among 2016 Tasteless Toys Nominees Consumerist Chris Morran Many of us will be out shopping (or at least rolling over in bed to shop on our phones) this holiday weekend, and more than a few of...
READ MORETOADY 2016: The case for The Game of Life Empire Every year, toy companies seem to release a toy more egregious than the last. Corporations are constantly trying to find ways to reach children and turn them into life-long loyal consumers, with...
READ MOREAllergy-proof? Intelligence booster? FDA looks to rein in health claims for baby formula STAT Sheila Kaplan If you’ve ever seen the astonishing array of infant formula sold in supermarkets, you might wonder if the stuff can really make your baby...
READ MORESacramento transit agency has second thoughts about advertising alcohol on buses, trains The Sacramento Bee Tony Bizjak Sacramento Regional Transit officials have backed off a plan to allow alcohol advertising on the sides of buses and light-rail...
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