Ypulse Essentials: RIAA Stops Suing, PSFK Answers Back, Gen Y Demands Truth In Guerilla Advertising
Posted by meredith on 12-19-2008
Twihards, fanpires (whatever you want to call the female fan base of Twilight, MTV has named them women of the year. Plus Twilight as you've never seen it before… with puppets) (MTV News) (YouTube)
- RIAA stops suing individuals for piracy (and music-lovers everywhere breathe a giant sigh of relief) (FastCompany)
- Discovery digs up old footage for new lesson plans (the channel looks to sell the educational material in multi-media formats to schools. Plus a great video from Ypulse friend danah boyd on technology, access and synchronicity) (BusinessWeek)
- Obama the muse? (young artists get inspired by future and past presidents. Plus Nickelodeon plans to cover the inauguration. Wonder how many kids will tune in? Plus Stanley Crouch on "The Hip-Hop Inauguration" over at The Daily Beast) (USA Today) (MediaPost, reg. required)
- The debate wages on.. (over at PSFK. While Piers makes some good points, it still seems like he's painting a pretty black and white picture of the choices young people have when they get out of college. Plus more on the future of journalism and J-school) (PSFK) (Jossip)
- Why some viral videos flop with Gen Y (and how they spot the difference between guerilla and faux-rilla advertising) (Pop Art Blog)
- Another web series (hits the slightly bigger screen. AtomicWedgie.com's "Secret Girlfriend" comes to Comedy Central. And Playboy launches a clothed reality series called "Interns" for mobile phones) (Entertainment Weekly) (Reel Pop)
- Choice (the killer app for millennials?) (Adotas)
- Are ROTC's days on campus numbered? (Time explores why Ivy League schools are rethinking military presence) (TIME.com)
- Squads.com (A new social network for cheerleaders)
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