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Stacey Vanek Smith

Reporter, Marketplace

Stacey Vanek Smith is a former senior reporter for Marketplace.

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  • 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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  • A credit card is swiped through machine at a Chicago toy store.
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    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.

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  • 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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  • Sesame Street logo
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    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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    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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  • A view of the Americana in Glendale, Calif.
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    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.

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  • 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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    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.

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  • 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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  • Characters from Avatar
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    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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  • A Nike Golf display featuring Tiger Woods is shown at a golf shop in Orlando, Fla.
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    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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