2005
December
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December 28th | Jennifer Lin | Philadelphia Inquirer
Sony Ads Draw Public Ire
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December 28th | G. Jeffrey MacDonald | Christian Science Monitor
A Pill They Won't Swallow
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December 25th | John Miller | Associated Press
Idaho Offers Naming Rights to Donors for Governor's Mansion
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December 20th | Brian Steinberg and Melanie Trottman | Wall Street Journal
Advertisers Find A Captive Audience: Travelers on Planes
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December 17th | Christopher Conkey | Wall Street Journal
Courts Lift Curbs on Kids Buying Violent Games
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December 14th | David Rennie and David Derbyshire | Telegraph
EU Rules May Overturn Ban on Television 'Stealth Ads'
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December 14th | Associated Press
Sale of Candy to be Limited in Nevada Schools
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December 12th | Gary Ruskin | Commercial Alert
Expel Junk Food from School
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December 12th | Melanie Conklin | Wisconsin State Journal
WIBA Sells Name of Its Newsroom to a Business
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December 8th | Duncan Hooper | Bloomberg
EU Demands Food Makers Curb Ads Targeting Children
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December 8th | Margaret Webb Pressler | Washington Post
Indie Bands Jump on Brand Wagon; Today's Artists See Commercialization as Savvy, Not Selling Out
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December 7th | Marian Burros | New York Times
Report Links TV Ads and Childhood Obesity
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December 7th | Corey Dade | Wall Street Journal
New Orleans Seeks Corporate Sponsors for Mardi Gras
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December 6th | Abbey Klassen | Advertising Age
Local TV Morning Shows for Sale
November
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November 30th | Gary Ruskin | Commercial Alert
Protect Our National Parks from Corporate Corruption
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November 30th | Reuters
More Ads on US Sports Uniforms on the Way
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November 28th | Edmond Roy | Australian Broadcasting Co.
Australian Medical Assn. Wants Junk Food Ads Banned
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November 27th | Nina Goswami | Sunday Telegraph (UK)
Too Much Television Slows Children's Reading
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November 26th | Gary Ruskin | Commercial Alert
Mardi Gras First: Corporate Sponsorships
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November 21st | Arlene Weintraub with Michael Arndt | BusinessWeek
My, How You've Grown
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November 20th | Greg Critser | Los Angeles Times
Take Your Pills, Ignore Your Belly
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November 20th | Dallas Morning News
[Your Product Here], Texas: Maybe the Town of DISH Will Start a Trend
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November 16th | Scott Soshnick | Bloomberg
Do the Yankees Still Play at Yankee Stadium?
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November 16th | Gary Ruskin | Commercial Alert
Are Some Anti-Depressant Drug Ads Deceptive?
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November 16th | Matt Slagle | Associated Press
Texas Town Adopts Corporate Name
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November 14th | Scott Kirsner | Boston Globe
How Much Can You Trust Buzz?
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November 14th | Lorne Manly | New York Times
The Goat at Saks and Other Marketing Tales
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November 13th | John Ungoed-Thomas | Sunday Times (of London)
UK Child Food Adverts Face Ban on Celebs
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November 10th | Gary Ruskin | Commercial Alert
Product Invasion and Subservient Donald
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November 8th | Andrew Ferguson | Bloomberg
New Civil War Erupts Over Gettysburg Casino
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November 8th | Gary Ruskin | Commercial Alert
US Chamber of Commerce Challenges California Ad Fax Ban
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November 5th | Jonathan Woodward | Toronto Globe and Mail
School Board Set to Expel Corporate Logos
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November 2nd | Gary Ruskin | Commercial Alert
Testimony at FDA Hearing on DTC Drug Marketing
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November 2nd | Derrick Z. Jackson | Boston Globe
A March on Too Much Television
October
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October 31st | Jeff Gelles | Philadelphia Inquirer
New Buzz Tactic: Manipulating Teens
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October 31st | Sarah Ellison | Wall Street Journal
Small Bites: Why Kraft Decided to Ban Some Food Ads to Children
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October 25th | Andre Picard | Toronto Globe and Mail
Pediatric Hospitals Hooked on Junk-Food Profits
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October 23rd | John Furia Jr. | Los Angeles Times
Plot Line: Drink Pepsi!
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October 18th | Pharmaceutical Business Review
Public Perception of US Pharmaceutical Industry at All-Time Low
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October 17th | Lloyd Grove | New York Daily News
Drug Business Prescribes a Novel Cure for Its Ills
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October 16th | Joanna Weiss | Boston Globe
Sprout Channel Ads Sow Controversy
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October 10th | Daily Mail
UK Celebrity Chefs Want Junk Food Adverts Banned
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October 3rd | Matthew Creamer | Advertising Age
Is Buzz Marketing Illegal?
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October 2nd | Nancy McVicar | Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Getting a Cell Phone for Your Child? You May Want to Call up Research
September
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September 30th | Dan Mitchell | New York Times
Return of the Junk Fax
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September 30th | Kristen Millares Bolt | Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Tonight's Special: Reality Marketing
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September 28th | Christopher Conkey | Wall Street Journal
Do-Not-Call Lists Under Fire
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September 28th | Philippe Naughton | Times of London
Junk Foods to be Banned in British Schools
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September 25th | Duff Wilson | New York Times
A Sports Drink for Children is Jangling Some Nerves
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September 16th | Lynda Gledhill | San Francisco Chronicle
California Governor Signs Bills to Trim Obesity in Schools
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September 12th | Christopher Lawton | Wall Street Journal
PepsiCo's Mountain Dew Backs Film
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September 9th | Tim Mahoney | Minneapolis Star Tribune
Don't Sell ‘U’ Stadium Name to Highest Bidder
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September 5th | Advertising Age
New Zealand to Ban DTC Advertising by ‘06
August
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August 30th | Gary Ruskin | Commercial Alert
Raffi Asks Rogers Not to Market Mobile Phones to Children
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August 23rd | Lindsey Tanner | Associated Press
Study Says Fast Food Chains Often Cluster Near Schools
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August 19th | Lewis Lazare | Chicago Sun-Times
Target, New Yorker Cross Line
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August 18th | Mike Colias | Associated Press
Mass Transit Rolls Out TV, Tunnel Ads
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August 10th | Hannah Sampson | Miami Herald
School Bus Ads Have Some on Board
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August 4th | Gary Ruskin | Commercial Alert
Pharma Chief Says Drug Ad Limits Are “Human Rights Abuse”
July
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July 31st | Matea Gold | Los Angeles Times
Getting a Foot in the School Door
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July 19th | Gary Ruskin | Commercial Alert
Senators Ask Bush to Send Tobacco Treaty to Senate for Ratification
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July 17th | Linda A. Johnson | Associated Press
Web Sites New Twist in Celebrity Drug Ads
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July 14th | Virginia Groark | Chicago Tribune
CTA Urged to Sell Some of its Names
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July 14th | Dallas Morning News
Please Hold; Does an 8-year-old Really Need a Cellphone?
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July 11th | Jon Fine | BusinessWeek
The Truth vs. The Dollar
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July 11th | Alice Z. Cuneo | Advertising Age
Marketers Get Serious About the “Third Screen”
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July 7th | Yuki Noguchi | Washington Post
Connecting With Kids, Wirelessly
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July 6th | Marc Kaufman | Washington Post
Inaction on Tobacco Treaty Threatens U.S. Influence
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July 4th | Andrew Stern | Reuters
TV is Bad for Children's Education, Studies Say
June
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June 30th | Kathy Kiely | USA Today
Senate Leader Seeks Moratorium on Ads for New Prescription Drugs
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June 30th | Christine MacDonald | Lansing State Journal
School District to Vote on Giving Naming Rights to Highest Bidder
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June 29th | Reuters
House Passes Bill Easing Rules on “Junk” Faxes
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June 29th | Jamie Wilson | The Guardian
Desolation Row: Dylan Signs with Starbucks
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June 22nd | Janet Adamy | Wall Street Journal
General Mills Touts Sugary Cereal as Healthy Kids Breakfast
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June 21st | Gary Ruskin | Commercial Alert
Harkin Amendment Would Require FTC to Study Food Advertising to Children
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June 7th | Rick Westhead | Toronto Star
Publisher Pushes Textbook Ads; McGraw-Hill Targets Students; Critics Warn Plan Could Backfire
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June 2nd | Gary Ruskin | Commercial Alert
N is for NAFTA, S is for Social Security Privatization and T is for Tax Cuts
May
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May 25th | Gary Ruskin | Commercial Alert
FCC Commissioner Endorses Commercial Alert’s Call for Disclosure of Covert Commercial Propaganda on TV
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May 10th | David Cho | Washington Post
Cash-Strapped Metro Rolls Out Ad-Wrapped Trains; Some Decry 'Visual Spam,' Others Welcome Revenue
April
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April 18th | Gary Ruskin | Commercial Alert
Kennedy Introduces Bill to Ban Junk Food From Schools Nationwide
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April 17th | Mark Macaskill | The Times
Teen magazines blamed for rise in girls' suicide
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April 8th | Larry Copeland | USA Today
Subways Tune in to New Revenue
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April 6th | Gary Ruskin | Commercial Alert
Raffi Joins Commercial Alert’s Board of Advisors
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April 5th | Gary Ruskin | Commercial Alert
TV Turns Kids Into Bullies
March
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March 31st | Gary Ruskin | Commercial Alert
Oregon Court of Appeals Hears Channel One Case
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March 30th | Julie Salamon | New York Times
Bob and Barney, With a Few Words From Sponsors
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March 28th | Nat Ives | New York Times
On Public TV, Not Quite an Ad But Pretty Close
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March 28th | Gary Ruskin | Commercial Alert
Trampling on the Memory of Bobby Kennedy
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March 28th | Eric Fisher | Washington Times
Sponsor sought for RFK Stadium
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March 22nd | David Brooks | New York Times
Masters of Sleaze
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March 10th | Tom Zeller, Jr. | New York Times
Another Data Broker Reports a Breach
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March 8th | Philip G. Altbach | Christian Science Monitor
What's in a name? For schools, big bucks
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March 3rd | Matthew Futterman | Newark Star-Ledger
Industry Insider: Nets score groundbreaking Jackson Hewitt sponsorship
February
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February 28th | Jonathan Rowe and Gary Ruskin | Alternet
Bush and Kids: Standing Small
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February 27th | Richard Morin | Washington Post
Dollars and Scents
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February 23rd | Avis Thomas-Lester | Washington Post
Black History and Ads Don't Mix, Activists Say
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February 18th | David Saltonstall | New York Daily News
Coming Distractions: City Council Wants Theaters to Tell Truth on Movie Times
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February 11th | Gary Ruskin | Commercial Alert
FTC Caves in to Advertisers & Broadcasters on Product Placement
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February 2nd | Anne Ryman | Arizona Republic
Horne: Schools won't miss junk food; Sales study builds support for ban bill
January
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January 30th | Candace Smith | Associated Press
Metro Eyes Naming Rights, Sponsorship Deals
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January 28th | Ralph Nader
Kids Bowled Over by the Ads
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January 26th | Gary Ruskin | Commercial Alert
A Sign of Despair from the Ad Industry
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January 26th | Sarah Ellison | Wall Street Journal
Divided, Companies Fight for Right to Plug Kids' Food
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January 20th | John Mason and George Parker | Financial Times
Obesity 'a European problem': Commission ready to legislate if no progress is made
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January 13th | Gary Ruskin | Commercial Alert
Swann Song
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January 12th | Russell Mokhiber | Corporate Crime Reporter
Bush's Fitness Chair Lynn Swan Hooks Up With Vending Industry
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January 12th | David Adam | The Guardian
Expert Spells It Out: Health Fears Mean Young Should Not Use Mobile Phones
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January 12th | Sam Coates, Nigel Hawkes and Alexandra Blair | Times of London
Mobile Phones Tumour Risk to Young Children
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January 9th | Gary Ruskin | Commercial Alert
Words of Wisdom from NYC Health Commissioner