Ypulse Essentials: Pepsi And Gen O, A Christmas Crunch, Nick Helps Kids Go Green
Posted by meredith on 12-12-2008
Pepsi makes a play for Gen O (building a campaign on optimism with a logo that bears a sneaking resemblance to Obama's. Plus Mountain Dew, also owned by PepsiCo, tries to lure the same demo with video games) (AdAge.com, reg. required)
- The Christmas crunch (letters to Santa reflect the rough economic times. Plus college students face the crisis with some coming home for winter break only to learn that their parents can't afford to send them back. Also teenagers start to feel the pinch. Is anyone else not feeling the holiday spirit?) (Current) (Wall Street Journal) (WWLT Cincinnati News) (New York Times, reg. required)
- Nastia Liukin (speaks out about healthy living for teens) (Jezebel)
- Millennials develop a taste for vino (but as our clever YAB members on Twitter point out – is Trader Joe's Charles Shaw aka "two buck Chuck" or boxed wine really a recent discovery?) (Hartford Courant)
- 'The Big Green Help Global Challenge' (Nickelodeon's new online game helps kids go green)
- FTC vs. Sony (the case over Sony's violation of the Children's Online Privacy Act gets settled. Also Montgomery County pulls the plug on BusRadio's controversial commercial radio broadcasts) (MediaPost, reg. required) (Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood)
- YouTube launches safety center (featuring safety tips and multimedia resources from experts and prominent safety organizations regarding topics like cyberbulling, privacy, spam and sexual exploitation) (cnet News.com)
- Let celebs read to your kids (so you don't have to? Just kidding, but this site does feature actors and artists reading popular story books, nursery rhymes and lullabies) (cnet News.com)
- Separate from sexting (a survey shows text messaging does play a significant role in relationships and dating) (Marketing Vox)
P.S. Newsletter readers: Check out our continuing music coverage with our first Youth Advisory Board CD review. Michael shares his thoughts on Hot Chip's new CD Made In The Dark.
Categorized under: Ypulse Essentials
December 13th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
[...] Ypulse: Speakaboos Beta – From the about page: "Speakaboos brings classic children's entertainment into a digital world. Beloved characters and treasured stories are given new life through amazing celebrity performances, beautiful illustrations, and original music. At Speakaboos, children develop literacy skills while learning about technology in a safe and fun environment." While the little I've explored is cool, what I didn't like was how The Christmas Carol by Dickens was adapted. While the story is essentially the same, there were enough differences to upset me – since this is one of my favorite stories. [...]