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Ypulse Essentials: Marvel To Develop Short Films, Teen Blogger Champions LGBT Lit, Urban Outfitters Does 'Bodega Chic'

Posted by meredith | 06/23/10 | No Comments

Marvel may test drive secondary characters (in a series of live-action short films to help pick out potential big-budget franchises. Meanwhile a Doctor Strange movie is apparently already on the way.  And in rival comic news, DC Comics asks readers to…

Setting Up Shop For Young Media Consumers

Posted by meredith | 05/18/10 | No Comments

Last week in Essentials we learned guys' lifestyle network Thrillist had bought members-only e-commerce site JackThreads (described as a "grungy Gilte Group," by TechCrunch). Then yesterday I pointed to a post on PSFK that gave props to a recent sweepstakes on Urban Outfitters…

Ypulse Essentials: Middle Eastern Teens, Greyson Michael Chance, Totally Wired Teacher Award

Posted by meredith | 05/17/10 | No Comments

'Napoleon Dynamite' gets animated (for a new series in development for FOX. Also media buyers want less repeats, more original programming on The CW during primetime. And the new MTV docudrama "Hired" is reviewed as "helpful, but slightly irritating."  Plus Ad Age, reg.…

Ypulse Essentials: Thrillist Buys Jack Threads, CraigslistTV, Social Media Parenting

Posted by meredith | 05/14/10 | No Comments

Ford Fiesta rolls out (its latest social media campaign sending University of Michigan students on a high tech road trip to demonstrate various experimental apps including one that tweets the "mood" of the car. "Knight Rider" flashback anyone? Also MTV will…

Ypulse Youth Media Movers & Shakers

Posted by meredith | 03/22/10 | 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…

Why Aren't More Teens Thrifting?

Posted by meredith | 11/12/09 | 5 Comments

With all of the talk around the economic crisis spurning teens and Gen Y'ers to spend their discretionary funds with a more value-driven mentality, you might assume that more would be seeking out thrift shops and vintage stores for hidden…

Ypulse Interview: Kit Yarrow, 'Gen BuY: How Tweens, Teens, and Twenty-Somethings Are Revolutionizing Retail'

Posted by meredith | 09/17/09 | 6 Comments

Today's Ypulse Interview is with consumer researcher Kit Yarrow, one of the co-authors of Gen BuY: How Tweens, Teens, and Twenty-Somethings Are Revolutionizing Retail and chair of the Golden Gate University psychology department. In Gen BuY Kit and her co-author Jayne O'Donnell…

Ypulse Essentials: Levi's Says 'Go Forth', Young Women Prefer Mobile To PCs, Nick's 'AddictingGames Showdown' Winners

Posted by meredith | 06/30/09 | No Comments

Levi's urges Gen Y to 'Go Forth' (in a new campaign that seeks to act as a call to arms for young, optimistic consumers facing tough times. Plus, the latest "Open Happiness" ad from Coke aims to connect with African-American teens. And Denny's looks…

Ypulse Essentials: Understanding The Transformer Generation, Afro-Latino Youth, Twitter On The Rise

Posted by meredith | 11/13/08 | No Comments

Understanding the 'Transformer Generation' (a new preso from scenarioDNA – Gen Y is more than meets the eye)

- Game on (for the face-off between iPhones and gaming giants) (WSJ via PSFK)

- Green is the new black (Another study confirms that young shoppers are…

Always Open Always Tasty

Posted by anastasia | 06/28/04 | No Comments