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Ypulse Essentials: ‘Hunger Games’ Posters, Redbox Pulling A Netflix?, Kids And TV Consumption

Posted by emily | 10/28/11 | No Comments

Every time ‘Hunger Games’ content hits the Web, the Internet goes into a frenzy (which happened overnight when promo posters of the film’s stars were released. Fans may have been critical of the movie’s casting originally, but we doubt they …

Youth Media & Marketing Jobs: DoSomething.org, gURL.com, We Give Books

Posted by melanie | 08/12/11 | No Comments

Today we bring you our weekly sampler of 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 haven’t …

Dispatches From The Youth Mega Mashup: Play Has A Purpose; Multicultural Millennials Seek And Share Inspiration; Social Gamers And The New Celebrity

Posted by melanie | 06/21/11 | No Comments

Insights continued to flow Monday afternoon at the Youth Mega Mashup. Nickelodeon, Alloy, and Disruptor Beam discussed how youth has evolved and changed in recent years. Each presenter noted that sharing and connecting with others is important to Millennials, whether …

Ypulse Youth Media Movers & Shakers

Posted by melanie | 02/07/11 | 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 Essentials: Alloy Relaunches Teen.com, ‘Jackass 3.5′, 7-Eleven Wine

Posted by meredith | 12/01/10 | No Comments

Alloy relaunches Teen.com (the celeb news site is newly pumped up with social and content-sharing features, and an original web series featuring pop star Charice) (MediaPost, reg. required)

- Snooki as a case study for Millennials? (Not exactly, but she …

Ypulse Essentials: Obama Holds Youth Town Hall, A Gen Y Minivan, 8095

Posted by meredith | 10/15/10 | No Comments

President Obama talks hopes, fears and web culture (at the televised youth town hall meeting that aired across MTV platforms last night. Of Twitter and the internet in general he says, “these things are very powerful but it also means …

Ypulse Essentials: Emmy Wins For Intergenerational TV, SB 970, Parents Sue Over Facebook ‘Like’

Posted by meredith | 08/30/10 | No Comments

Jimmy Fallon, ‘Glee’ and Betty White (made for an “energetically hilarious” start to last night’s Emmys. As for the rest of the show? Critics at USA Today and the New York Times, reg. required, gave the former SNL star …

Ypulse Research Roundup: Millennials’ Online Sharing Habit, What’s In Their Backpack? & More

Posted by meredith | 08/18/10 | No Comments

Today we bring you another installment of the latest youth research available for sale or download. Remember, if your company has comprehensive research for sale that focuses on youth between the ages of 8 and 24, email me to be …

Ypulse Essentials: Alloy’s First Digital Slate, American Eagle Opens Kids Chain, ‘Britain’s Next Top Model’

Posted by meredith | 07/14/10 | No Comments

Alloy’s first official digital slate (Newly formed digital division Banks & Reed announce three original teen web series coming this summer and fall. This includes an adaptation of YA book Hollywood is like High School with Money [pictured here] Also …

Ypulse Essentials: Libraries In The Mall, College BTS Spending Spikes, IFC On Foursquare

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

Turning mallrats into bookworms (as simple as relocating your local library to a storefront? PSFK explores the success story behind Bookmarks, the newest branch of the Dallas Public Library. Brilliant)

ZooBurst (In other innovative reading news, a site that lets …