Ypulse Essentials: Virgin Mobile FreeFest, Girl Detectives, Millennial Dads

2009 Virgin Mobile “FreeFest” (answers frugal music lovers’ prayers by doing away with admission fees at this year’s festival) 

- Pac Sun’s new exec (is the former president and CEO of Vans. And New Balance cobrands with Peanuts) (Label Networks) (WWD)

- The spread of teen dating violence (timed to coincide with Chris Brown’s trial, DoSomething.org releases the results of their nation-wide survey. And MTV asks industry pros how Chris Brown’s sentence will affect the singer’s music career)

-Toyota Community Scholars (program honors 100 U.S. students who are proven leaders, both in the classroom and in their communities)

- Score one for ‘Team Jacob’ (the New Moon movie tie-in book cover is all about the teen wolf. Plus the allure of the girl detective) (EW)  (Chasing Ray)

- Nick Jonas goes to Washington (to lobby for diabetes research) (MTV News)

- Millennial Dads (get a nod for taking their share of “the second shift.” And the economic quandaries of quarterlifers) (Huffington Post) (Forbes)

- What MTV has in store (a glimpse at the eight new projects on tap, including “The Awesomes,” an animated series about a bumbling superhero team and the “Teen Wolf” remake. Also Jessica Simpson returns to reality television with a show about different cultural standards of beauty. And summer ratings take a hit among the 18 - 49 set) (Variety) (Rolling Stone) (New York Times, reg. required)

- Don’t believe the hype (about out-of-control teens. The Irish Times takes the media—on both sides of the Atlantic—to task for badmouthing a generation)

- More data on the rise of public interest jobs (among college grads. Bloomberg spotlights Amherst College. Also Gen Y prepares for a simpler lifestyle because of the recession) (USA Today)