Ypulse Essentials: Teen Shuttered, New Millennial Blogs, VMars Movie
Posted by anastasia on 01-22-2009
Teen is dunzo (another one bites the dust. Hearst shutters its tweeny Teen mag and website. On the digital side the ladies behind i heart daily teamed up with the teen authors of Red to launch a teen trendspotting service called Red Hearts by teens for teens. And new controlled circ pub for teen girls into doing good “More2Girls” launches.) (WWD) (Adotas)
- Millennial Voice (new blog with writing from…Millennials! BTW is Millennial capitalized or not? Also check out The Future Is Bright, another youth trendy blog on the block. And Ypulse sponsor Trend Central keeps us hip to the new slang)
- Moral panic and video games (ars technical on a new academic paper that argues “that the continued societal focus on games as a causal factor in violence is an example of what’s termed a ‘moral panic.’”. Plus CNET on why prosecuting teens for “sexting” is stupid.)
- Gen Y iPhone users (are the window into next gen payment plans) (Digital Transactions)
- Tweens demand (user choice and control…and Sasha and Malia Beanie Babies?) (Media Post, reg. required) (AP)
- The cosmetic industry (may be toxic to teen girls – thanks Andrea! And girls in Thailand are wearing contact lenses to make their pupils huge – or at least the girls who can afford it) (Utne Reader) (Global Post)
- Champion’s Hoodie Remix (cool ugc design contest.)
- IMVU (the teen/adult virtual world scores $10 million)
- Channel 4 launching a new game (called “Routes,” along with “an eight-part online mini series “in which Katherine Ryan, cute, Canadian, outspoken comedienne from Crouch End, submits herself to a series of genetic tests in a bid to help us understand what’s hidden in our genes…”. And Access360 is launching a new video series in April called “Waiting for a Ride” in its retail locations reaching a young adult audience)
P.S. VMars fans rejoice! Looks like Rob Thomas is penning a script for a VMars movie…
Categorized under: Ypulse Essentials
January 22nd, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Teenagers shouldn’t be prosecuted for sending nude photos of themselves.
The cops and the prosecutors are ruining people’s lives for nothing.
Pennsylvania should add an exemption to its law.