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Ypulse Essentials: First Look At ‘The Amazing Spider-Man,’ Millennials’ Digilife, Teen Privacy Protections Online

Posted by melanie | 07/20/11 | No Comments

The teaser trailer for “The Amazing Spider-Man” is here, and we can’t help but wonder if this’ll be a bigger flop than the Broadway musical. Also, we miss Tobey McGuire. Over at Batman franchise headquarters, the trailer for “The Dark

Ypulse Essentials: Teen Choice Awards Nominees, ‘Teen Wolf’ Web Series, Myspace Sold For $35 Million

Posted by emily | 06/29/11 | No Comments

The Teen Choice Awards 2011 nominations are out (and — surprise, surprise — “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” takes the lead with 12 spots. “Glee” is close behind with nine nominations, and other usual suspects including Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, and …

Ypulse Monthly Teen Mag Roundup

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

This month’s Seventeen is Rihanna’s first teen magazine cover since the Chris Brown scandal, which undoubtedly made for touchy call on editor in chief Ann Shoket’s end of whether to address domestic abuse or gloss over it. In this case, …

Ypulse Essentials: Marvel Creates TV Division, Cyberbullying In Schools, Truth @ Warped Tour

Posted by meredith | 06/28/10 | No Comments

Chris Brown’s breakdown at the BET Awards (during his tribute to MJ has triggered a  Twitter outcry and mini-media frenzy over the authenticity of his emotional outburst. Viewers, at least the ones commenting on MTV.com, were divided. Meanwhile Billboard has …

Ypulse Best and Worst Of 2009: Music

Posted by meredith | 12/21/09 | 1 Comment

Today we continue our Year In Review coverage with Youth Advisory Board members Chase Straight and Caroline Marques who teamed up to take a look at who had the best and worst years in music this past year. Look for …

Ypulse Essentials: Educational Video Games, ‘Vibe’ Relaunches, Youth Homeless Awareness Month

Posted by meredith | 11/03/09 | No Comments

15 seconds of fame (for teen shoppers on a 25-story electronic billboard built by American Eagle above soon-to-be-opened Times Square store for briefly showcasing teen shoppers. Also surf line O’Neil holds a contest for teens to win an internship Plus …

Ypulse Essentials: Marvel-Disney Discourse, New Wave Of Surf Girls, Flu Prevention Goes Viral

Posted by meredith | 09/01/09 | No Comments

Disney-Marvel discourse (nicely summed up on AdWeek. Plus speculation on Disney’s chance to get to the boys. Also concerns are raised by die-hard comic book fans. Meanwhile some like GeekDad on Wired express cautious optimism and others suggest …

Ypulse Essentials: ‘Sincerely, John Hughes’, Harvard’s Clothing Line, Viral Marketing Grows Up

Posted by meredith | 08/07/09 | Comments Off

‘Sincerely, John Hughes’ (a fitting tribute from former teenage fan and pen pal Alison Byrne Fields. Warning: you will get choked up reading this. Also MTV’s Kurt Loder reflects on Hughes’ legacy) (We’ll Know When We Get There) (MTV …

Ypulse Essentials: Generational Comfort Foods, Green Tweens, The Teen Vogue Handbook

Posted by meredith | 07/31/09 | 1 Comment

Coming of age parties (become more of a DIY affair during the recession. Plus make-up parties persist as a pre-teen birthday trend in the UK) (AP) (Telegraph)

- Comfort foods vary by generation (with Boomers leaning towards classic fare, Gen …

Ypulse Essentials: Borders Ink, Sell Out Stigma, The Debate Over BusRadio

Posted by meredith | 07/21/09 | No Comments

Borders Ink (stores carve out a new teen department that will stock graphic novels, fantasy and young-adult titles. Plus PW on the pros and cons of YA titles crossing channels) (WSJ)

- ‘Do elite colleges produce the best-paid grads?’ (New …