Ypulse Essentials: Nastia Flips Over ‘Gossip Girl,’ Google’s Poptub, Branding In Tween Virtual Worlds
Posted by anastasia on 10-15-2008
Gymnast Nastia Liukin (to appear on “Gossip Girl.” And Hayden Panettiere does a not so funny anti-McCain PSA for FunnyorDie.) (New York Mag)
- Vimby (cool-looking youth oriented video community. Plus Google redoes Yahoo!’s The 9 and calls it Poptub) (via TrendCentral and NewTeeVee)
- LGBT youth-friendly school (proposed for Chicago. Plus The Center for Young Women’s Health launches a teen-driven health awareness campaign) (UPI) (Iconoculture)
- Social networking as training tool (Plus 360KID on the state of kid/tween social networks) (AdAge.com, reg. required)
- Branding effective in tween virtual worlds (great. Now can we have more transparency so kids realize what’s paid and what isn’t?. Plus Ars Technical on the new child online protection laws awaiting passage) (Virtual Worlds News)
- MTV and CNN (team up for a concert honoring veterans. And Scholastic polls the kids’ vote)
- Despite tough times for the finance industry (business school apps are up) (New York Times, reg. required)
- The downturn didn’t hurt summer tours either (Jonas Bros. and American Idols Live are on the top 10 list dominated by Boomer acts) (USA Today)
- Gen Y searches for something (to rebel against) (The Sydney Morning Herald)
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