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September 1st, 2010 | Rich Thomaselli | Advertising Age
FTC Subpoenas 48 Food Companies Regarding Marketing to Kids
The Federal Trade Commission is once again handing out subpoenas to companies that market food to children and teens.
Continue Reading...August 30th, 2010 | Stephen Smith | Boston Globe
Tobacco signs still target city’s poorer areas
A dozen years after Massachusetts attempted to ban storefront tobacco ads within 1,000 feet of schools and playgrounds, a prohibition thwarted by a tobacco company’s legal challenge, the signs remain prolific and prominent in Boston’s lower-income neighborhoods, especially those with substantial African-American and Hispanic populations.
Continue Reading...June 4th, 2010 | Ben Klayman | Reuters
McDonald's recalls 13.4 million "Shrek" drinking glasses
McDonald’s Corp has recalled at least 13.4 million “Shrek"-themed drinking glasses in the United States and Canada after consumers were warned to stop using them because they contain the toxic metal cadmium.
Continue Reading...June 3rd, 2010 | Science Daily
Online Games New Marketing Tool for Unhealthy Foods
UC Davis public health researchers have found that children, who are already saturated with television messages about unhealthy food choices, are the targets of a new medium used to sell high-fat, high-sugar foods: advergames.
Continue Reading...May 21st, 2010 | Emily Steel and Jessica E. Vascellaro | Wall Street Journal
Sites Confront Privacy Loophole
Facebook, MySpace and several other social-networking sites have been sending data to advertising companies that could be used to find consumers’ names and other personal details, despite promises they don’t share such information without consent.
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