Ypulse Essentials: ‘Sonny With A Chance’, Stardoll Turns 3, ’20 Ans’ Returns
Posted by meredith on 04-27-2009
Move over, Montana (the Los Angeles Times, reg. required, spotlights rising tween star Demi Lovato and her new Disney show “Sonny With A Chance” Plus, more on Fox’s ‘Glee’ from Variety. I’m still curious but, this blogger’s points definitely gave me pause) (Alas! A Blog)
- More tools to track your teen online (or, you know, you could just talk to them) (ABC News)
- Stardoll turns 3 (and the virtual paper doll world has a lot to celebrate. According to Virtual World News, the site is nearing 30M members and after acquiring Pizco last month now reaches around 20 million people each month)
- Faith-based club for tweens (in ‘The Princess Club’ young girls are taught about abstinence and resisting peer pressure) (Mansfield News Journal)
- 20 Ans (the controversial French teen mag rises again) (The American Scene via Jezebel)
- De La Soul teams with Nike (the hip hop group puts out their first new album in five years on Nike’s SportsMusic label) (Ad Age, reg. required)
- Laptops help sick kids stay plugged in (to class and friends via satellite) (CNN)
- Some helpful hints on how college grads can prepare themselves (for the rocky road ahead. First tip: get a job. Any job. Yikes) (Chicago Tribune)
- Andrew W.K. on Cartoon Network (the rocker is set to host a live-action competition titled “Destroy Build Destroy” where two teams of teens destroy something, rebuild it again and then.. err.. destroy it again. Also, Spencer and Heidi from “The Hills” are set to appear on the reality competition “I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here” Sigh) (Cynopsis Kids) (MTV News)
- Teens’ Top Ten (YALSA announces the nominees for the YA equivalent of the “Teen Choice Awards” Teens have 25 weeks to vote. Plus, Kid Lit points out the strong YA contenders for the LA Times Book Prize) (YALSA)
P.S. My sincere apologies to the Action Sports community for dropping the phrase “X-treme” in reference to Bill Carter’s interview in MediaPost last week. In a pursuit of wordplay in unfamiliar territory, I inadvertently committed a faux-pas.
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