Ypulse Essentials: Teen Drivers, Barbie In China, Obama Girls On 'Hannah Montana'
Posted by meredith on 11-11-2008
Vampires draw the young female crowd (and it goes back way beyond Bella. Plus "Twilight" fans get a little too excited prompting police to shut down ) (Variety) (Mercury News)
- Distracted driving (becoming a big problem with teens. Also not helping? Not sleeping enough and then getting behind the wheel) (KITV.com) (WSJ, reg. required)
- How to do-good (nonprofit management courses crop up at colleges around the country) (NY Times, reg. required)
- Kids today (growing up slower than ever before? An interesting argument. Also Newt Gingrich argues that it's time to start stressing the adult in young adult) (MediaPost, reg. required) (BusinessWeek)
- Better late than never? (Abercrombie claims to get more diverse) (The Daily Herald)
- Meet Smokerman (an anti-tobacco ad-campaign targeted at boys 12-and-under. Plus Facebook lightens up restrictions on apps that promote alcohol consumption) (eMediaWire) (MarketingVox)
- Design Not Drama (a user-generated campaign to "showcase youth-generated solutions for developing healthy relationships" from our friends at ISIS and Brickfish. Check out the campaign site here) (press release)
- Uncle Sam wants you (and he's telling you via webcast) (NY Times, reg required)
- Barbie goes to China (in a big way with a new flagship store in Shanghai) (PSFK)
- The Nirvana baby (recreates his famous pose for Entertainment Weekly. Feeling old yet?)
- Obama girls to guest star on Hannah Montana? (Seems like it was only a matter of time) (Reuters UK)
P.S. Check out Flickr for photos from the Mashup! (Thanks to Stephanie and Vin from Sweet Designs Magazine for getting these posted so quickly!)
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