Ypulse Essentials: The WB Gets A Makeover, Scene Queens, 'Generation O'
Posted by casey on 04-29-2008
The WB makes a comeback with online-only TV ('WBTVG' will show as well as original content) (NewTeeVee)
- Online alter-egos (44% say their online identity is different than real life) (PSFK)
- Economy hurts summer job hunt (a work-free summer vacation sounds kind of nice) (CNN)
- Defining high school success by college admittance letters (the psychological and physical toll rejections have on college bound students) (New York Times, reg. required)
- From goth to emo to 'scene queens' (the evolving nature of teenage subcultures – let's call it nouveau-emo) (Contra Costa Times)
- Oxygen believes millennial should be referred to as 'Generation O' (the network hopes to attract "young and hip women" with new lineup) (Salon, reg. required)
- Excitement for release of Grand Theft Auto IV despite the $60 price tag in a 'troubled' economy (one college student says he would be willing to part with his cell phone in order to buy the game) (New York Times, reg. required)
- Rock the vote from your phone (embracing wireless applications and social networking to appeal to the youth vote) (Telephony Online)
Categorized under: Ypulse Essentials
April 29th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Who came up with this Oxygen positioning? I did not know it was possible to be that out of touch…