Ypulse Essentials
Posted by anastasia on 03-14-2005
Vasquez bows out of ‘Idol’ (fan frontrunner Mario Vasquez [top right] quits “Idol” for “personal reasons” [hmmm...something in his past?] The producers replaced him with Nikko Smith, who was voted off) (CNN)
‘Summerland’ Soars (Jesse McCartney is the new James Van Der Beek or “Summerland” is back and doing better than before with teen girls) (Media Life Magazine)
Scion A/V Scoop (The New York Times, reg. required, on Toyota’s new music label…”simply brand extension by association with underground music”)
Diesel launches gaming studio (“Vin Diesel has put his own money where his free-spending teen and young-adult fan base is by launching video-game company Tigon Studios”…article also talks about other celebs “starring” in games) (New York Post)
Gay teens still stuggle (The Chicago Tribune did a story about how gay and lesbian teens are still being bullied and about how the rise of the religious right is making organizations like gay/straight student alliances harder to start)
Sing ‘Hotel California,’ then take the SAT (The Washington Post, reg. required, has a fun story on the last-minute rituals teens do before taking the big test…also the Associate Press has the verdict from students on the new SAT…it’s LONG)
Game companies targeting China (experts predict the market will be over $1 billion by 2009) (L.A. Times, reg. required)
Evolution battle brewing (19 states weighing proposals that question the science of evolution…am I in crazyville?) (Washington Post, reg. required)
No ban on junk food ads (but U.S. gov wants guidelines to prevent obesity) (Brandnoise)
Adam Curry’s new podcasting site (podcasting still feels like it’s too hard to do for the gadget-inept like me…we’ll see)
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