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Ypulse Essentials: Potter Amusement Park, Tween Decor, Jenna Bush's Book

Posted by anastasia on 05-31-2007

Harry PotterThe Harry Potter amusement park (sounds like the most fun amusement park, ever. But will it hold up once the books and movies are long gone?) (Reuters)

- TVFace (the latest new broadband series to debut on the web - this time it's horror. I truly believe this type of short form episodic content will be a big part of how we watch TV in the future…) (Reel Pop)

- Need help tracking Web 2.0? (try this new site to stay on top of which start ups are hot…or not)

- LiveJournal deletes objectionable content (some of which included fan fiction sexual in nature, igniting an uproar. I'm all for creating community standards, but it's much harder to do it after the fact without facing this type of backlash)

- Gasp. 'To Catch a Predator' accused of being unethical (by one of its former producers who was fired. We all know this show is entrapment, but since it's potential child molesters and gets great ratings, who cares, right? [me being sarcastic] - thanks Eric!) (Radar Online)

- Tween decor (another story on this from the Boston Globe, plus another story on tween social networks from SFGate)

- 'The New Sincerity' ("Nancy Drew's" look — "a blend of preppy and mod.") (ABC7 Chicago)

- If you think illegal downloading is an issue here… (in Asia it's a "digital music free-for-all") (BusinessWeek via ZDNet)

- Harper Collins printing 500K copies (of first daughter Jenna Bush's book aimed at teens) (Washington Post, reg. required)

- Teen smoking rate flattens (the decline has stopped. Targets include funding cuts and glamorized images in movies as well as ads in mags like InStyle) (NPR)

- Mashup keynoter danah boyd on teens and film (her latest talk from the Cannes film fest)

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