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Last Week in Review: Facebook = Fridge

Posted by dan | 07/26/10 | No Comments

In reviewing the youth marketing landscape over the past week, any debate over the rise of social networking ended as Facebook exceeded half a billion users. Within the month of August, the number of people on Facebook will be greater…

Ypulse Youth Media Movers & Shakers

Posted by meredith | 07/26/10 | No Comments

Today we bring you another installment of Youth Media Movers and Shakers. We've culled through industry publications looking for the recent executive placements we think you should know about. If you have executive news that you want us to highlight…

Ypulse Interview: Tim Showalter-Loch, Best Buy & Gene Roehlkepartain, Search Institute

Posted by meredith | 07/21/10 | No Comments

Last summer, Anastasia reported back from the advisory board meeting for Best Buy's pro-social @15 program to share the first annual Teen Voice report and findings around fostering strong adult-teen relationships to support teens "sparks" (individual interest or passion) and voice.

The…

Ypulse Interview: Geoff Cook, myYearbook

Posted by meredith | 07/20/10 | No Comments

Before the press release hit the wire today, Ypulse sponsor myYearbook reached out to announce the launch of Brand Chatter, a new interactive advertising platform that builds on the real-time newsfeed stream Chatter that launched on the youth-targeted social network late last…

Ypulse Youth Media Movers & Shakers

Posted by meredith | 07/19/10 | No Comments

Today we bring you another installment of Youth Media Movers and Shakers. We've culled through industry publications looking for the recent executive placements we think you should know about. If you have executive news that you want us to highlight…

Ypulse Jobs: MTV Tr3s, Restless Development & More

Posted by meredith | 07/16/10 | No Comments

Today we bring you our weekly sampler of the cool youth media and marketing gigs. If your company has an open position in the youth media or marketing space, we encourage you to join the Ypulse LinkedIn group, if you…

Our Side Of The Screen: Talk To The Old Spice Guy

Posted by meredith | 07/14/10 | 1 Comment

This morning I caught the following tweet from a friend:

Today, the internet smells like @oldspice and sounds like @isaiahmustafa and I like it.

Of course, that's just the type of response Old Spice and Wieden + Kennedy, the ad agency behind the recent…

Can Classic MTV Shows Find A New Niche Within The Brand?

Posted by meredith | 07/13/10 | 1 Comment

Last week in Essentials we reported the rumor that Mike Judge was at work on a new season of "Beavis and Butthead" for MTV. This came a few weeks after the long awaited DVD release of B&B spin-off "Daria" and in…

Ypulse Youth Media Movers & Shakers

Posted by meredith | 07/12/10 | 1 Comment

Today we bring you another installment of Youth Media Movers and Shakers. We've culled through industry publications looking for the recent executive placements we think you should know about. If you have executive news that you want us to highlight…

Ypulse Interview: Issa Sawabini, Fuse Marketing

Posted by meredith | 07/08/10 | No Comments

As readers may have caught in the Ypulse Monthly Events Roundup, coming up next month is the second annual Action Sports Conference in Huntington Beach, California. The event is held by action sports networking and education organization group Y (who collaborated with…