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Stacey Vanek Smith

Reporter, Marketplace

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Stacey Vanek Smith is a former senior reporter for Marketplace.

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Super Bowl sells ad to advocacy group

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Jan 21, 2010
The Super Bowl is giving ad time to advocacy group Focus on the Family, which has run campaigns staunchly opposed to abortion and same-sex marriage. Such polarizing groups are traditionally shut out from buying those ads. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.
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More people not paying credit-card bills

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Jan 15, 2010
JPMorgan Chase is writing off $1.4 billion worth of consumer loans in the fourth quarter, and Capital One is writing off more than 10% of its loans. More and more people are walking away from their credit-card bills. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.
A credit card is swiped through machine at a Chicago toy store.
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State pension funds in shady business

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Jan 15, 2010
A review found that the agents in charge of investing California pension money collected millions of dollars in fees from eager investment firms. Similar activity was found in other states as well. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.
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A way to bring gamers to Sesame Street

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Jan 13, 2010
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has signed a deal with Sesame Workshop, which produces the famous kid's show, to create a series of video games. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.
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Box office won't pick up DVD slack

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Jan 5, 2010
DVD sales were down about 13 percent last year as movie fans spent more money on actual movie tickets. But that doesn't help the films with revenue, as a big chunk of that usually comes from DVD sales. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.
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Live to shop? Try a mall apartment.

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Jan 1, 2010
Mallpartments were supposed to be the next big thing before the economy took a nosedive. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports on how they're doing now.
A view of the Americana in Glendale, Calif.
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A good decade for music, not for labels

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Dec 28, 2009
This past decade there's been more music in film and TV than ever, but publishers and labels have taken a hit. Stacey Vanek-Smith looks back at the aughts music revolution with Bill Werde from Billboard.
MP3 player headphones on a keyboard. The changes in the music industry precipitated by the MP3 have only continued with the rise of online streaming.
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Network news still has an audience

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Dec 21, 2009
With news consumption habits changing, network news isn't the juggernaut it used to be. But even though the medium has been losing about a million viewers a year, 23 million are still tuning in every night. Stace Vanek-Smith reports.
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Avatar's success is in the marketing

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Dec 18, 2009
Avatar opens today with what some estimate to be a budget of half a billion dollars -- with $150 million going to marketing alone. With that kind of push, some experts guarantee a mega-opening. Jennifer Collins reports.
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How will Tiger's scandal impact brands?

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Dec 14, 2009
The Tiger Woods scandal has hurt his billion-dollar brand. Companies from Nike to Gillette have invested big in Tiger. Where do they go from here? Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.
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