Ypulse Essentials: 1 In 7 Teens Expect To Die Young, Disney's Hetereosexual Magic Kingdom, NYC Kids Choir On YouTube
Posted by anastasia on 06-29-2009
Recession spawns more teen entrepreneurs (profiled in the New York Times, reg. required, along with quotes from Ypulse Mashup speaker Donna Fenn. And according to TechCrunch, there are lots of jobs in science, technology, math and engineering, but not enough recent grads qualified to fill them. Plus an OpEd in the New York Post questions whether college is really worth it financially)
- Dying young (One in seven teens expect to die young — these are the same teens engaging in risky behavior. Plus a disturbing look at kids and teens under 18 having plastic surgery.) (Red Orbit) (USA Today)
- AdAge reviews 'NYC Prep' (and "Make It Or Break It." The N [soon to be "TeenNick"] will debut its new half hour series "The Assistants" July 10th. "Swimming With Sharks" for teens? And ABC Family will be one of the big sponsors of this year's Simon Mall Tour. Plus an interview with the writer for "Greek" and the controversial "10 Things I Hate About You" television series.) (All Headline News) (New York Times, reg. required)
- Disney is a 'heterosexual' Magic Kingdom (according to this academic study – does this surprise anyone? Plus Disney's "Princess Protection Program" drew 8.5 million viewers) (Multichannel News)
- YouTube makes NYC kids' choir famous (check out the vid if you aren't one of the 7 million people who have already. Plus YooStar wants to be the "Rockband" of YouTube) (AP) (Variety)
- Trojan buys product placement (in a music video selling safer sex after its "Evolve" campaign was rejected by broadcasters. And the Truth Campaign teams up with Imeem to reach youth through music/social media. Plus AdAge profiles a successful film camp that brings Canadian, Israeli and Palestinian youth together) (New York Post) (ClickZ)
- YA goes 'supernatural' (more on the trend inspired by the success "Twilight" and "Harry Potter") (Boston Globe)
- 13-year-old grapples with a Sony Walkman (in a publicity stunt to highlight the device's 1330th birthday) (PSFK)
P.S. Check out the comments on my Nielsen post last week including a response from Nielsen.
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June 29th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
RE "13-year-old grapples with a Sony Walkman (in a publicity stunt to highlight the device's 13th birthday)."
That should be the device's 30th birthday.
June 29th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
Corrected!