Ypulse Essentials: Mobile Magic Kingdom, How Gen Y Eats, Ypulse @ SXSW!
Posted by meredith on 11-12-2008
Cell phones in theme parks (not just for finding lost kids anymore. Verizon teams up with Disney to “enhance the theme park experience.” Not everyone is happy about the plan. Plus will Nick’s “True Jackson” star be the next big thing for tweens?) (LA Times, reg. required) (Boston Globe)
- If kids were in control (what cartoons looked like. Part of an interesting series on children’s viewing habits) (AdWeek)
- No more tater tots? (Kids food becomes increasingly sophisticated. Also new research on how Gen Y eats) (MediaPost, reg. required) (Australian Food News)
- Texting away the pounds (new study says text messaging may help tweens fight obesity) (UNC Healthcare)
- More scary stats (on teens being reckless behind the wheel. Apparently unlicensed teens are being seriously unsafe.) (US News)
- Current TV gets hit (by layoffs. The millennial-oriented television channel — and Anastasia’s former employer — is undergoing some major changes in its programming as well) (News.com)
- Virgin Mobile USA and AP Press (join forces to launch two new youth-oriented websites that will offer celebrity coverage and unusual news) (via press release)
- Twilight beats AC/DC (on the Billboard charts) (MTV News)
- Hulu on MySpace (will this keep users from defecting to Facebook?) (Social Times)
P.S. Today is the last day of a separate Ypulse Books Newsletter and Book Essentials. Don’t miss Youth Advisory Board member Aurora’s post about reading Twilight from an Indian perspective as well as today’s final Ypulse Book Essentials.
P.P.S. We made it! Ypulse will once again be moderating a teen panel in Austin for SXSW Interactive this year. Hope to see you in Texas!
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