Ypulse Essentials: Fox Crowdsources Cartoons, MTV's '16 And Pregnant,' Millennials Heart Big Government
Posted by meredith on 05-19-2009
Coffee talk (Starbucks' new campaign recruits the next generation of coffee drinkers to tell their stories online. Also, with the help of animation site Aniboom Fox crowdsources its next cartoon) (New York Times, reg. required) (TechCrunch)
- That's Not Cool (The Family Violence Prevention Fund teams up with the Advertising Council and the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence against Women to launch a campaign directing teens to the dating violence prevention site. Plus, MTV opens up a discussion on unplanned teen pregnancies with a new reality show "16 and Pregnant") (hot indie news)
- A lesson for Scholastic (teachers ask the publisher to stop selling toys, make-up, and brands to students through book clubs in a letter sent by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood)
- MTV offers a sneak peek of "New Moon" (airing an exclusive scene from the "Twilight" sequel at the MTV Movie Awards) (Cynopsis Kids)
- Disney takes the gift shop online(offering merchandise from its theme parks and resorts. Plus, the trouble with taking Disney TV stars to the big screen) (Reuters) (Bloomberg)
- Millennials aren't afraid of Big Government ( according to a study from the Center for American Progress, they're rather fond of the executive branch. Shocking, I know. They do, however, have some trouble figuring out their health care) (The Atlantic) (WSJ)
- More cool entrepreneurial teens (despite 21.5% 16-19 year old unemployment. Plus, more from the CBS series on kids and the recession) (USA Today) (CBS)
- Listen up, Mom and Dad (Teens use prose to connect with their parents. Thanks to KooDooz for sending this link! Also a sneak peek at Lauren Conrad's YA novel) (Jezebel)
- Teen practices (danah boyd answers her Twitter followers' questions based on her fieldwork. Also TriplePoint PR interviews Anastasia on Ypulse and youth marketing)
- Better to graduate without a job? (Time gives hope to college seniors entering the job market. And an ad agency puts their interns' services on Ebay .And the editors of The Harvard Crimson shun the field of journalism Yikes) (Ad Age, reg. required) (Bloomberg)
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