Ypulse Essentials: Kids' Choice, AMTV, School Library Journal's Battle Of The (Kids) Books
Posted by meredith on 03-30-2009
Kids' Choice Awards (in case you missed it on Saturday, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson hosted, The Jonas Brothers and HSM's 'Senior Year' came out on top and many many celebs got slimed. Questionable: Pussycat Dolls performance?) (USA Today)
- AMTV (true to their word, the channel reintroduces music videos to their programming — scheduling a slot from 3 am to 9 am. Plus, in the UK music television continues to lose ground to YouTube among 15 to 24 year olds. Also Disney considers striking a deal with YouTube or Hulu) (New York Times, reg. required) (BBC News) (MediaPost, reg. required)
- "Pull Up Your Pants Day" (a Florida high school takes President Obama's anti-sagging message into their own hands. Also a middle school in Connecticut enforces a "No Touching" policy including high fives, hugs and hand holding. Oy)
- Rixty partners with Coinstar (to offer a new teen-targeted online payment service for microtransactions) (Virtual World News)
- Does Facebook eliminate the need for reunions? (one columnist answers with a resounding yes, but the opinions voiced in comments are divided) (New York Times, reg. required)
- CIA on campus (another recruiting tactic from the government spy agency comes in the form of funding business classes at several universities. Also, InternSHARE another site for internship postings and reviews) (Ad Age, reg. required) (TechCrunch)
- Master's in Social Media (offered by the University of Birmingham in the UK. Plus, how kids across the pond are embracing the Microsoft Surface. Also from the curious mind of David Lynch a new website to help students learn how to meditate) (PSFK) (ars technica) (Pop Candy)
- School Library's Journal's Battle of the (Kids) Books (If you haven't been following on Twitter catch up with the competition on the recently launched SLJ BoB blog. Plus, Stuff for the Teen Age,The New York Public Library’s annual list of the best books, music, movies and video games for teens)
-iPhone apps for protective parents (a roundup of the smartphone filters and tracking services available) (New York Times, reg. required)
- Teen helps Boston Transit get back on track (using Google Transit. Plus, more on the merger of two teen blogging networks) (Boston Globe) (Paid Content)
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