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Washington, DC - 10/28/2009 - One hundred percent of credit cards offered online by the leading bank card issuers continue to include practices that will be outlawed once legislation passed in May takes effect next year, according to a new report by the Pew Health Group’s Safe Credit Cards Project. The report also found that advertised credit card interest rates rose an average of 20 percent in the first two quarters of 2009, even as banks’ cost of lending declined.

With the Federal Reserve currently developing rules to ensure penalty charges are “reasonable and proportional” as required under the Credit CARD Act, the report also includes policy recommendations for regulators.    » read more »

Unveils New Plan To Make Credit Reporting Companies Advertising 'Free' Credit Reports Actually Give You A Credit Report For Free - Bust Up Scam Once And For All

November 3, 2009 -- Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced he is urging the Federal Trade Commission to bust up the long-running scam of credit reporting companies duping millions of New Yorkers into buying credit monitoring services by offering a so-called “free credit report” and then tacking on a costly monthly subscriptions charge that can cost hundreds of dollars a year.    » read more »

“60-Plus” campaign full of false information, scare tactics

October 30, 2009 -- U.S. Senator Mark Begich today slammed a new television ad campaign running in Alaska and several other states as just another attempt by those trying to defeat health reform by using false information and scare tactics to mislead the public.

The television ads from the 60 Plus Association are falsely telling viewers that Sen. Begich supports health care legislation that includes massive cuts to Medicare and will harm seniors.

"This is an outrageous attempt to scare and mislead seniors on the topic of health insurance reform" Begich said. "None of the health care reform proposals being considered by the Senate would cut Medicare benefits."    » read more »

October 14, 2009 -- Washington, DC - The Sierra Club, with the Sierra Student Coalition today launched the second in its series of online video ads, part of its nationwide campaign to kick coal off campuses. With organizers on the ground in several of the more than 60 campuses with on-site coal plants, the Campaign is working to transition schools to 100% clean energy.

The second ad takes the stereotypically “dirty” college behavior of the first ad and bumps it up a notch. Though college life allows for leniency in the socially acceptable, coal still crosses the line. Watch the ad here: http://www.2dirty4college.com/    » read more »

October 8, 2009 -- Washington, D.C. - Legislation regulating the volume of commercial advertisements cleared its first hurtle today on its way toward passage in the U.S. House of Representatives. H.R. 1084, the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act, passed out of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet by a voice vote and will face full committee consideration.

Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-Palo Alto), the sponsor of the bill, issued the following statement:    » read more »

New PSA Campaign Unveiled by HHS, DHS, Dept of Ed., and Sesame Workshop

September 1, 2009 -- The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Education (ED) and Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, have teamed up to launch a new, national public service advertising campaign designed to encourage American children and families to practice healthy habits and to take steps to prevent the spread of the 2009 H1N1 flu virus. The PSAs featured in this campaign can be viewed on www.flu.gov.    » read more »

July 8, 2009 -- Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced she has signed a bill that regulates credit card marketing on campus to college students and restricts debt collection actions that can be taken by credit card companies against parents.

“Students are already burdened with education loans by the time they leave college. They risk taking on even more financial pressure when they give in to the lure of credit cards made available to them right on campus,” Governor Rell said. “This bill will set strict parameters for credit card companies on when, where and how they can market to students.”    » read more »

Introduces legislation mandating airline carrier disclosure on travel websites; Legislation will require online travel websites to alert passengers if the tickets are for regional airline carriers

June 23, 2009 -- Washington, D.C.- U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer introduced new legislation requiring online travel websites to notify customers, on the first page after they enter in a search for airline tickets, as to what carriers will be running their flight. Some travel websites already provide this information to customers when they book online, but many do not.    » read more »

Legislation Will Protect Children and Families from Targeted Advertising and Harms for Smoking

June 22, 2009 -- Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), a senior member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and Chairman Edward Kennedy’s chief deputy for health care reform, joined President Obama today as he signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act into law. Dodd introduced the bill with Chairman Edward Kennedy and shepherded it through committee consideration and debate on the Senate floor.

* For photos from the signing, please click here.    » read more »

Department of Health and Human Services Teams Up with the White House and the Ad Council to Launch New Fatherhood Public Service Campaign; PSA Features President Obama Encouraging Fathers to “Take time to be a dad today”

June 19, 2009 -- Just in time for Father’s Day weekend, the Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced a new public service campaign today promoting fatherhood that features a PSA by President Obama.

The campaign, sponsored by the department’s Administration for Children and Families and the Advertising Council, can be found at www.fatherhood.gov. The public service announcements and supporting campaign materials highlight the critical role fathers play in their children’s lives.    » read more »

U.S. Ad Spending Fell 12% in the First Quarter, Nielsen Reports

NEW YORK, NY June 8, 2009 – The Nielsen Company reported today that U.S. advertising for the first quarter 2009 was down 12% compared to the first quarter 2008. Preliminary figures show that U.S. ad expenditures declined $3.8 billion to a total spend of $27.9 billion in the first quarter.

All measured media showed negative growth in this difficult economy, ranging from Spanish-Language Cable TV (-1.1%) to Local Sunday Supplements (-37.7%).

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Q1 2009 vs. Q1 2008    » read more » American Airlines Aims New Ad Campaign at Hispanics By admin - Posted on June 11th, 2009 American Airlines Targets U.S. Hispanic Consumers With Launch of National Advertising Campaign; Print and Broadcast Ads Seek to Bring More Latinos to American Airlines FORT WORTH, Texas, June 10 -- American Airlines this week launched a national advertising campaign aimed at U.S. Hispanic travelers in an effort to increase American's business and to better serve the booming Latino population. With this new campaign, American seeks to continue to be the airline of choice, uniting Latinos and their families by meeting all of their travel needs - connecting them to business associates and loved ones in any part of the world.    » read more » Senator Mark Udall Urges Support for Bill to Prevent Youth Smoking, Reduce Smoking-Related Health Care Costs By admin - Posted on June 5th, 2009 June 4, 2009 -- Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Mark Udall urged his colleagues to support bipartisan legislation designed to reduce the number of kids who get hooked on smoking, help smokers overcome their addiction, and make tobacco products less toxic. In a speech submitted for the Congressional Record, Udall said that by preventing new smokers from becoming addicted, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act being debated in the Senate this week would help lower health care costs and promote wellness – two of the biggest hurdles facing the American health care system today.    » read more » 100,000 New York State Children Will Try Their First Tobacco Product This Year By admin - Posted on June 4th, 2009 Schumer Pushes Legislation To Prevent Tobacco Companies From Targeting Young Smokers And Require Stringent Warnings On The Dangers Of Cigarettes June 3, 2009 -- U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today revealed that, due in part to tobacco ads targeted at minors, 79,800 children from New York State will have their first cigarette this year and 23,900 of them will become regular smokers. In order to combat the problem, Senator Schumer announced that he is pushing legislation, introduced by Senator Ted Kennedy, which has been 15 years in the making, to prevent tobacco companies from targeting underage smokers with advertisements and products.    » read more » Senators Lautenberg, Durbin, Dodd & Reed on Smoking Children By admin - Posted on June 4th, 2009 June 3, 2009 -- WASHINGTON, DC — Democratic Senators Frank Lautenberg, Dick Durbin, Chris Dodd and Jack Reed joined Matt Myers, President of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, at a press conference this morning to discuss the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. 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