Violence

Title: Industry Slow To Reform Marketing Violence To Kids. (cover story) Subject(s): VIOLENCE in mass media -- United States; SOUND recording industry -- United States; ADVERTISING & youth -- United States; UNITED States. -- Federal Trade Commission; LIEBERMAN, Joseph -- Political & social views Source: Billboard, 05/05/2001, Vol. 113 Issue 18, p1, 2p, 1c Author(s): Holland, Bill Abstract: Looks at reaction to a follow-up study released by the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) which criticized the record …

…individual record companies to task for not stepping up to the plate with reforms. "Just because the trade association didn't institute changes doesn't mean that individual member companies couldn't have done so." Meanwhile, the FTC's Engle was pleased by one facet of Rosen's written statement, which read, "We agree that we need to do a better job of following our own guidelines." Engle says, "I was glad to read that. She's never said that before."