Ypulse Essentials: Superbowl A ‘Geezerfest’?, Megan Meier’s Story Goes To The Big Screen, Girls Inspired By ’08 Election
Posted by meredith on 02-02-2009
What makes the Super Bowl a ‘geezerfest’ (Why older acts like Bruce Springsteen and Prince turn Gen Y off the Big Game. Also the first Star Trek commercial airs during the Super Bowl and EW opens a debate on whether J.J. Abrams’ pull for a younger, hipper demo will work. Plus the top 10 movie trailers that aired including Apatow’s new flick and Pixar’s new film) (The Modesto Bee) (Entertainment Weekly) (Mania.com)
- Family friendly? (critics take issue with Disney and ABC Family for their recent foray into edgier programming with shows like “The Secret Life of the American Teenager.” Plus, why the SAG strike means good news for Whitney Port, Lauren Conrad and the like) (Los Angeles Times) (MediaPost, reg. required)
E-venge (an independent film company has announced plans to produce a film based on the events surrounding Megan Meier’s suicide. A little tasteless, no?) (Jezebel)
- ‘American Idol’ goes mobile.. again (this time with the help of game maker EA. An iPhone app is also in the works. Also Facebook presents Lil Wayne live. With the help of AT&T the social site streamed the hip hop star’s concert on two separate pages) (MediaPost, reg. required) (Marketing Vox)
- The Cassandra Report (A new study from Ypulse sponsor The Intelligence Group on consumers aged 14-34 that features some interesting stats on the demo including their top three hopes and dreams. Number one? Having one marriage partner for life. Plus ReadWriteWeb discusses how younger users who are friends with the boss and mom on Facebook can manage their online identity with the help of FB’s new “friends lists” feature) (TrendCentral) (ReadWriteWeb)
- Newspaper Editors To Generation Y (Drop dead. Huffington Post blogger on National Buy A Newspaper Day)
- Club Penguin comes out on top (ranking among the top earners in the virtual world space) (Virtual World News)
- Frosted Fakes? (Targeting Kids takes issue with Kellogs for promoting a healthy lifestyle through an unhealthy product. Also, how Pentel uses sex to sell pens to college students. And after a photo showing Michael Phelps using a marijuana pipe was released, questions are being raised about his endorsement deals) (Targeting Kids) (New York Times, reg. required)
- Student ambassadors reach out to high school students (to combat drop-out rates and boost college enrollment) (Los Angeles Times)
- Yes, she can (after the election girls between the ages of 13 and 17 experienced a rise in confidence, according to a study from the Girl Scout Research Foundation. The cause for the spike was presumably the prominent roles of Hilary Clinton and.. Sarah Palin) (Jezebel)
- February 5-11th is Children’s Authors and Illustrators’ Week (Okay, so that’s not exactly a week, but it’s still a good reason to celebrate authors and promote literacy)
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