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May 27, 2020 Diana Hinshelwood CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Yearbook 2020,
Children are Awesome An article for the Children’s Media Yearbook 2020 By Hazel Kenyon Book Research Director, UK and Ireland, Neilsen Children’s nonfiction book-buying is diversifying, both in authorship and in subject matter. The latest data from Nielsen Book Research shows a continued increase in both the numbers of titles available and the volume sales of […]
Industry Research
April 28, 2020 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports,
CMC Editorial Director Greg Childs (who also happens to be Director of the Children’s Media Foundation) outlines what’s happening to the popular kids’ industry event in response to the crisis. Once it became obvious that large-scale gatherings were not going to be permitted even in the early summer, we knew the writing was on the […]
Events Industry
April 28, 2020 Diana Hinshelwood CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Yearbook 2020,
The Children’s Media Yearbook … ish. Mark Wilson Yearbook Editor, The Children’s Media Foundation The Children’ Media Yearbook content 2020 is sponsored by: It’s probably a bit bonkers, and a tad selfish, to moan about abandoned media projects during this surreal and tragic pandemic … but, what the heck, I’m gonna have […]
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April 28, 2020 Diana Hinshelwood APPG information, CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
Online Harms: Not Written Off, but Written Down By Jayne Kirkham CMF Board member and Clerk to the APPG for Children’s Media and the Arts Age Verification (AV) for commercial online pornography sites was passed into law in the Digital Economy Act 2017. It was a hard won amendment so you can imagine the dismay as the Government […]
Industry Policy
April 10, 2020 Greg Childs APPG information, CMF Blog,
The All Party Group for Children’s Media and The Arts Co-Chairs: Julie Elliott MP, Baroness Floella Benjamin Vice Chairs: Andrew Rosindell MP, Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall, Public Enquiry Point: Jayne Kirkham Due to the Covid-19 restrictions, the Children’s Media and the Arts APPG meeting to discuss Age Verification and the Online Harms Bill had to […]
Industry Policy Research
February 21, 2020 Cecilia Weiss CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
By Olivia Dickinson Early last year, the Department for Education set up an expert panel to assess apps that would help young children with their communication, language and literacy before they start school. I was the Deputy Chair, and I was enthusiastic about the role and the panel, as I felt the DfE understood the […]
Industry
February 12, 2020 Cecilia Weiss CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports,
All Party Group for Children’s Media and the Arts Inaugural Meeting Wednesday 22nd January Palace of Westminster Report After the enforced hiatus of summer recess, conference season and a December General Election, the All Party Parliamentary Group for Children’s Media and the Arts is back on track. All groups have to re-register after a General […]
Events Industry Policy
January 19, 2020 Greg Childs CMF Blog,
Everybody says they take child online safety seriously… everybody. So, it seemed there was much to celebrate when the Government’s Digital Economy Act 2017 included a commitment, in part 3 of the Act, to introduce legislation for robust age-verification checks for online porn sites, with a regulator instructed to block any site anywhere in the […]
Industry Policy
November 8, 2019 Greg Childs CMF Newsletter, Event Reports,
Greg Childs is Director of the Children’s Media Foundation and Editorial Director of the Children’s Media Conference (CMC). With his Conference hat on he describes CMC’s latest event, produced in partnership with Animation UK and with funding from the government Brexit Business Readiness Fund… CMC can be relied upon to offer the most up-to-the-minute view of what’s […]
Events Industry Policy
November 5, 2019 Diana Hinshelwood CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
5Rights Foundation Calls For Swifter Legislation On Internet Safety The digital world was imagined as one in which all users would be equal, yet one third of internet users are children. This means that nearly one billion children are growing up in an environment that systematically fails to recognise their age and the protections, privileges, […]
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