Ypulse Essentials
Posted by anastasia on 06-15-2005
Dov Charney's American Apparel (PSFK interviews Charney who says, "there is a fiber that ties the next generation together. It's made from the web, cell phones, PDAs and PCs. Young people feel that they belong to a new international community whether you live in Tokyo, Berlin, London or New York." And over at Snarkmarket, Robin asks whether the porn-papered dressing rooms really jive with Charney's commitment to social responsibility.)
- Calling dad on Father's Day…collect (how demographic shifts are giving dads the short shrift from kids on his big day. Thanks Craig!) (BusinessWeek)
- Euro-trendy newsletter you should check out (they work with the people who came up with "twinsumer" - thanks Terry!)
- Astrogirl launching a print mag (the link is to Astrogirl. This local TV news article says there will be a print teen mag launching June 19)
- More research that links media to body image issues (it's out of Australia and points the finger at American soaps and music videos) (HealthCentral)
- Kids don't dig e-Books (the hardware just isn't cool enough for young muggles) (AP via Yahoo! News)
- Inside the house of Hellton - I mean Hilton (Newsweek goes home with Paris, Nicky and the Ps and says they're more normal than you'd think, um yeah)
- Sundance to create podcasts for Apple (indie film radio style) (Adage.com, reg. required)
- McDonald's makeover (it's not just Ronald wearing spandex, some restaurants are adding CD burners and plasma TVs) (New York Daily News)
- AOL Red to launch "Rob's Blog" (will feature dispatches from summer tours in Europe written by 24-year-old Rob Czar as he backpacks through Europe to see bands like Coldplay and U2) (Media Post, reg. required)
- Morgan Spurlock's new reality ("Supersize Me" director takes his socially conscious and very accessible documentaries to FX with '30 Days' — if TV starts calling docs reality TV, the quality of television could go up exponentially) (USA Today)
- Hello San Francisco (Hello Kitty book event this Monday — I'm going to try to make it) (Boing Boing and Jennifer!)
